Sawmills - All Mills |
Sawmills consumed a total of 5.3 million green tonnes of softwood in 2009, an increase of 4% from the 2008 figure. Over the same period, hardwood consumption increased by 7%, to 92 thousand green tonnes in 2009.
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Year |
Softwood |
Hardwood |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| consumption: thousand green tonnes, production: thousand m3 sawnwood | ||||||||
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Consumption of |
Production |
Consumption of |
Production |
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UK grown |
Imported |
Total |
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UK grown |
Imported |
Total |
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2000 |
4 476 | 234 | 4 711 | 2 515 | 199 | 11 | 210 | 108 |
|
2001 |
4 598 | 239 | 4 838 | 2 583 | 183 | 17 | 200 | 97 |
|
2002 |
4 677 | 235 | 4 912 | 2 619 | 162 | 18 | 180 | 91 |
|
2003 |
4 812 | 225 | 5 037 | 2 669 | 138 | 18 | 157 | 81 |
|
2004 |
4 953 | 226 | 5 178 | 2 722 | 92 | 28 | 120 | 60 |
|
2005 |
4 924 | 272 | 5 196 | 2 727 | 72 | 34 | 106 | 53 |
|
2006 |
5 210 | 266 | 5 476 | 2 859 | 64 | 22 | 85 | 45 |
|
2007 |
5 590 | 263 | 5 853 | 3 099 | 66 | 19 | 85 | 44 |
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2008 |
4 954 | 174 | 5 127 | 2 771 | 66 | 20 | 86 | 44 |
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2009 |
5 153 | 158 | 5 311 | 2 824 | 73 | 19 | 92 | 48 |
Source: Sawmill Survey