Forestry Statistics 2012 - UK-Grown Timber

UK softwood exports in 2011 consisted of 415 thousand green tonnes of industrial roundwood (excluding sawlogs) and 171 thousand green tonnes of logs, giving a total of 585 thousand green tonnes of roundwood (Table 2.27). This corresponded to a 25% increase in the quantity of softwood roundwood exports since 2010, but remained lower than the level in the period 2004 to 2008.

The UK also exported 158 thousand tonnes of chips in 2011, a 16% increase from the previous year.

Source: industry associations

Notes:

1.  Data for exports from Northern Ireland before 2004 are not available.

2.  Includes all roundwood other than sawlogs.

..  Denotes data not available.