Forestry Statistics 2010 - UK Grown Timber

Sawmills - All Mills

Sawmills with total sawnwood production of 10 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 93% of the total softwood consumed by sawmills in 2009.

Table 2.12 Consumption of softwood by size of mill, 2000-2009
Year	Size of mill (total production)¹						Total
	< 1	1 - < 5	5 - < 10	10 - < 25	25 - < 50	50 +
thousand green tonnes
2000	49	365	309	503	895	2 590	4 711
2001	40	280	295	634	846	2 742	4 838
2002	33	248	279	659	680	3 013	4 912
2003	29	239	227	598	835	3 110	5 037
2004	31	218	216	630	686	3 397	5 178
2005	29	230	232	518	579	3 607	5 196
2006	29	200	243	613	661	3 730	5 476
2007	30	184	203	610	840	3 985	5 853
2008	31	197	190	620	660	3 430	5 127
2009	35	183	163	684	577	3 668	5 311

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 Timber Statistics web page.