Wood production |
A total of 8.5 million green tonnes of softwood was produced in the UK in 2009. This was a slight increase (1%) from the previous year. UK hardwood production totalled 0.5 million green tonnes in 2009.
FC/ FS woodlands accounted for 60% of softwood production but only 16% of hardwood production.
|
Year |
Softwood |
Hardwood1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FC/ FS |
Non-FC/ FS |
Total |
FC/ FS |
Non-FC/ FS |
Total |
|
| thousand green tonnes | ||||||
|
2000 |
4 850 |
2 572 |
7 422 |
130 |
524 |
654 |
|
2001 |
4 604 |
2 891 |
7 494 |
145 |
486 |
632 |
|
2002 |
4 650 |
2 972 |
7 622 |
118 |
502 |
620 |
|
2003 |
4 817 |
3 491 |
8 308 |
117 |
445 |
562 |
|
2004 |
4 894 |
3 618 |
8 512 |
113 |
399 |
513 |
|
2005 |
4 579 |
3 894 |
8 473 |
101 |
492 |
593 |
|
2006 |
4 582 |
3 917 |
8 499 |
45 |
392 |
438 |
|
2007 |
4 653 |
4 369 |
9 022 |
40 |
400 |
440 |
|
2008 |
4 415 |
4 016 |
8 432 |
43 |
388 |
431 |
|
2009 |
5 126 |
3 353 |
8 479 |
87 |
446 |
533 |
Source: Forestry Commission, Forest Service, industry surveys, industry associations.
Notes:
1. Most hardwood production in the UK comes from non-FC/ FS woodland; the figures are estimates based on reported deliveries to wood processing industries and others.
Data:
Longer time series of the above table, including estimates by country (England/ Scotland/ Wales/ Northern Ireland) are available from the Timber Statistics web page.
In addition, an estimated 0.1 million green tonnes of softwood brash and stumps were removed from UK woodlands in 2009.