Wood production |
It is estimated that 73% of all softwood removals from non-FC/ FS woodlands were harvested in Scotland, 17% in England, 10% in Wales and the remainder in Northern Ireland in 2009.
|
Year |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
Northern |
UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand green tonnes | |||||
|
2000 |
503 |
322 |
1 718 |
29 |
2 572 |
|
2001 |
544 |
375 |
1 942 |
29 |
2 891 |
|
2002 |
383 | 346 | 2 213 | 29 | 2 972 |
|
2003 |
522 | 320 | 2 620 | 29 | 3 491 |
|
2004 |
498 | 323 | 2 767 | 30 | 3 618 |
|
2005 |
595 | 296 | 2 963 | 40 | 3 894 |
|
2006 |
627 | 348 | 2 920 | 21 | 3 917 |
|
2007 |
656 | 409 | 3 275 | 29 | 4 369 |
|
2008 |
672 | 343 | 2 976 | 25 | 4 016 |
|
2009 |
564 | 332 | 2 433 | 24 | 3 353 |
Source: Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey
Data:
Longer time series of the above table, including estimates for hardwood removals and for removals from FC/ FS woodlands are available from the Timber Statistics web page.