Woodbased panels |
A total of 1.0 million green tonnes of UK roundwood was consumed by the woodbased panel products sector in 2009. A further 1.2 million green tonnes of sawmill products and 1.1 million tonnes of recycled wood fibre were also consumed in 2009.
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Year | UK roundwood1 | Sawmill products | Imports2 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Soft wood |
Hard wood |
Soft wood |
Hard wood |
Soft wood |
Hard wood |
Soft wood |
Hard wood |
Recycled wood fibre3 |
| thousand green tonnes | |||||||||
|
2000 |
1 685 |
50 |
1 871 |
0 |
14 |
0 | 3 570 | 50 | 488 |
|
2001 |
1 680 |
35 |
1 675 | 0 |
13 |
25 | 3 368 | 60 | 675 |
|
2002 |
1 456 | 43 | 1 669 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 138 | 43 | 932 |
|
2003 |
1 486 | 4 | 1 682 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 3 190 | 8 | 993 |
|
2004 |
1 525 | 2 | 1 778 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 312 | 2 | 1 078 |
|
2005 |
1 502 | 2 | 1 732 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 240 | 4 | 1 043 |
|
2006 |
1 365 | 1 | 1 794 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 162 | 1 | 1 173 |
|
2007 |
1 362 | 5 | 1 940 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 304 | 5 | 1 230 |
|
2008 |
1 219 | 2 | 1 591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 810 | 2 | 1 119 |
|
2009 |
1 009 | 1 | 1 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 178 | 1 | 1 065 |
Source: Wood Panel Industries Federation
Notes:
1. UK roundwood derived from stemwood.
2. Imports include roundwood, wood products and products from imported wood.
3. Recycled wood fibre is wood fibre recovered from both pre- and post-consumer wood waste for use in woodbased panel production. Quantities are as delivered.
Figure 2.4 Inputs to woodbased panel mills
Source: Wood Panel Industries Federation