2018 - Production of sawn softwood by size of mill

UK sawmills produced a total of 3.7 million cubic metres of sawn softwood in 2017, a 3% increase from the 2016 figure (Table 2.13).

Sawmills with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 85% of the total sawn softwood produced by sawmills in 2017.

Table 2.13 Production of sawn 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 cubic metres
2008	18	126	94	315	369	797	1037	2755
2009	20	118	79	352	376	677	1187	2809
2010	20	113	79	395	304	693	1450	3053
2011	18	110	81	374	335	443	1867	3227
2012	18	108	90	314	393	564	1874	3361
2013	20	108	88	337	379	404	2200	3536
2014	20	98	81	332	398	563	2224	3716
2015	18	98	106	296	466	422	2045	3451
2016	17	90	101	338	186	597	2296	3624
2017	17	97	86	374	178	647	2328	3728

^{Source: Sawmill Survey}

^Notes:

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

^{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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Sources chapter: Sawmill Survey

2018 – Production of sawn softwood by size of mill

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