2019 - Production of sawn softwood by size of mill

UK sawmills produced a total of 3.7 million m³ of sawn softwood in 2018, a 1% decrease from the 2017 figure (Table 2.13).

Sawmills with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand m³ or more accounted for 86% of the total sawn softwood produced by sawmills in 2018.

Year	Size of mill (total production)¹							Total
	<1	1 – <5	5 – <10	10 – <25	25 – <50	50 – <100	100+
thousand m³
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	99	77	374	178	647	2328	3721
2018	19	88	55	355	311	519	2327	3674

^{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: Data Downloads – Forest Research.}

Additional resources

Sources chapter: Sawmill Survey