2018 - Consumption of softwood by size of mill

Despite accounting for only 16% of all sawmills (see Table 2.8), those with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 85% of the total softwood consumed by sawmills in 2017 (Table 2.11).

Table 2.11 Consumption of softwood by size of mill, 2008-2017

Year	Size of Mill (total production)¹							Total
	<1	1 – <5	5 – <10	10 – <25	25 – <50	50 – <100	100+
thousand green tonnes
2008	31	215	172	599	660	1548	1881	5107
2009	35	201	145	664	670	1323	2253	5291
2010	35	194	147	744	537	1373	2689	5719
2011	32	188	148	685	615	830	3486	5984
2012	33	185	175	539	738	1133	3395	6198
2013	36	185	169	578	702	777	4085	6532
2014	36	167	156	588	731	1090	4117	6884
2015	31	168	196	553	795	801	3805	6350
2016	29	155	191	588	372	1117	4270	6720
2017	29	170	164	671	339	1352	4122	6848

^{Source: Sawmill Survey}

^Notes:

^{1. Categories are based on total sawnwood production (softwood and hardwood), in thousand m3.}

^{Data: Longer time series of the above table are available from the Data Downloads web page at: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/data-downloads/.}

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2018 – Consumption of softwood by size of mill

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