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There were 51 active round fencing manufacturers in 2016 (Table 2.25).

Around two thirds of round fencing manufacturers (67%) consumed less than 5 thousand green tonnes of softwood annually.

Table 2.25 Number of softwood round fencing manufacturers, 2007-2016.

Year Size category (consumption)1    Total
  <1 1 – <5 5 – <10 10+  
2007 29 28 10 8 75
2008 22 27 11 7 67
2009 22 26 13 7 68
2010 22 24 13 6 65
2011 22 24 10 8 64
2012 22 21 11 7 61
2013 21 22 11 7 61
2014 19 21 10 7 57
2015 16 19 10 6 51
2016 18 16 11 6 51

Source: Survey of Round Fencing Manufacturers

Notes:

1. Categories are based on total softwood consumption, in thousand green tonnes.

Data: Longer time series of the number of softwood round fencing manufacturers, by size category and by country (England/Wales/Scotland/Northern Ireland) are available from the Data Downloads web page.

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