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A number of different grasses have been grown as energy crops

2017 – Softwood availability forecast

The National Forest Inventory “50-year forecast of softwood availability” and “50-year forecast of hardwood availability” were published in April 2014. They are forecasts of potential availability rather than production, as they do not take account of management objectives, financial factors or the state of markets, all of which will affect the level of and timing […]

2017 – Hardwood availability forecast

The key assumptions underpinning the headline hardwood forecast scenario include: In private woodland, harvesting is limited to areas with evidence of recent thinning activity. The estate of the Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales is managed according to current management plans. Under the above scenario, hardwood availability for Great Britain averages 1.6 million cubic metres a year over […]

2017 – Softwood deliveries

In 2016, deliveries of UK roundwood (softwood and hardwood) totalled 11.0 million green tonnes, a 2% increase from the previous year (Tables 2.5 and 2.6). Most UK roundwood deliveries (95%) were softwood and totalled 10.4 million green tonnes in 2016 (Table 2.5). 6.5 million green tonnes (62% of UK softwood deliveries) were used by sawmills, a […]

Sawmills – All Mills

Data are collected by Forest Research in an annual Sawmill Survey. The following section includes summary results, covering number of mills, consumption and production are available for all mills. In addition, there are also more detailed figures for larger mills only. The threshold defining larger mills was changed for the collection of 2016 data, from annual […]

2017 – Hardwood deliveries

There was a total of 0.6 million green tonnes of UK hardwood deliveries in 2016 (Table 2.6). The majority of UK hardwood deliveries (67% in 2016) were used for woodfuel. Table 2.6 Deliveries of UK-grown hardwood, 2007-2016 Year Sawmills Pulp mills Wood-based panels Woodfuel1 Other2 Total thousand green tonnes       2007 66 0 5 300 69 440 2008 66 0 2 300 63 431 2009 76 0 1 400 59 536 2010 75 0 1 400 59 535 2011 81 0 1 400 59 541 2012 75 0 2 400 57 534 2013 74 0 0 400 58 532 2014 77 0 0 400 60 537 2015 73 0 0 400 91 564 2016 75 0 0 400 122 597 Source: industry surveys, industry associations. Notes: 1. Woodfuel derived from stemwood, includes estimated roundwood use for biomass energy. The […]

2017 – Number of sawmills by size

A total of 169 sawmills processed UK roundwood in 2016 (Table 2.8). Most mills (83%) produced less than 25 thousand m3 sawnwood (softwood and hardwood) during the year. Over the past ten years, the number of active sawmills has reduced by 18%. Most of this decrease has occurred in the smallest size categories. Year Size of mill (total production)1       Total < […]

2017 – New planting and restocking by forest type

Seven thousand hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2016-17. In addition, 17 thousand hectares of woodland restocking were reported (Table 1.13). Conifers accounted for over one half (54%) of the new planting area and 78% of the reported restocking area in 2016-17. Table 1.13 New planting & publicly funded restocking by forest […]

2017 – New planting and restocking by ownership

In 2016-17 most new planting (84%) took place on private sector land (Table 1.14). In contrast, over two thirds of reported restocking (69%) took place on FC/NRW/FS land. Table 1.14 New planting & publicly funded restocking by ownership Year (ending 31/3) New Planting   Restocking   Total   thousand hectares            FC/NRW/FS Private sector Total FC/NRW/FS Private sector Total FC/NRW/FS Private sector Total England          2012-13 0.0 2.6 2.6 2.2 1.7 4.0 2.2 4.3 6.6 2013-14 0.0 3.3 3.3 2.1 2.4 4.5 2.1 5.8 7.8 2014-15 0.0 2.4 2.4 2.3 4.2 6.4 2.3 6.6 8.8 2015-16 0.0 0.8 0.8 2.3 1.0 3.3 2.3 1.8 4.1 2016-17 0.0 1.1 1.1 2.4 0.6 3.0 2.4 1.7 4.1 Wales          2012-13 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.3 0.6 2.0 1.3 1.6 2.9 2013-14 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.6 0.7 2.3 1.6 1.6 3.2 2014-15 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.4 1.9 1.6 0.5 2.0 2015-16 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.3 1.8 1.5 0.5 1.9 2016-17 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.2 1.7 1.4 0.6 2.1 Scotland 2012-13 0.8 6.2 7.0 4.7 1.3 6.0 5.6 7.5 13.1 2013-14 06 7.7 8.3 6.2 1.7 7.9 6.8 9.4 16.2 2014-15 0.4 7.2 7.6 6.5 2.0 8.5 6.9 9.1 16.0 2015-16 0.7 3.9 4.6 6.6 1.3 7.8 7.3 5.2 12.5 2016-17 1.1 3.7 4.8 6.7 4.4 11.1 7.7 8.1 15.8 Northern Ireland 2012-13 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.2 1.1 0.4 1.4 2013-14 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.1 1.2 1.1 0.4 1.5 2014-15 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.9 0.4 1.3 2015-16 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.9 2016-17 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.1 1.3 1.3 0.3 1.5 UK 2012-13 0.9 9.9 10.8 9.3 3.8 13.1 10.2 13.8 23.9 2013-14 0.6 12.3 12.9 10.9 4.9 15.8 11.5 17.2 28.7 2014-15 0.4 9.9 10.3 11.0 6.6 17.8 11.6 16.5 28.1 2015-16 0.7 4.9 5.6 11.1 2.7 13.7 11.8 7.6 19.4 2016-17 1.1 5.5 6.5 11.7 5.3 17.1 12.8 10.8 23.6 Source: Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales, Forest Service, grant schemes. Notes: 1. Private […]

2017 – Felling

Felling Approval for the felling (cutting down) of trees in the UK is granted through felling licences issued by the Forestry Commission, Natural Resources Wales or the Forest Service. Felling licences may be conditional (where felling approval is granted subject to restocking) or unconditional (where tree felling is approved without the requirement to replant). Unconditional licences are […]

2017 – UK-Grown Timber

Introduction This chapter covers the production of timber from woodland and the primary processing of harvested wood to give basic wood products. Estimates for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are included, in addition to UK totals, where possible. International comparisons of timber production are available in the International Forestry chapter. Further information on the data sources […]

2017 – Origin of private sector softwood removals

It is estimated that 71% of all softwood removals from private sector woodlands were harvested in Scotland, 17% in England, 11% in Wales and the remainder in Northern Ireland in 2016 (Table 2.2). Despite reductions in the level of private sector softwood removals since 2014 in most countries, there have been overall increases for all countries […]