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UK softwood exports in 2015 consisted of 75 thousand green tonnes of industrial roundwood (excluding sawlogs) and 202 thousand green tonnes of sawlogs, giving a total of 276 thousand green tonnes of roundwood (Table 2.27). The quantity of softwood roundwood exports decreased by 37% between 2014 and 2015.
The UK also exported 86 thousand tonnes of softwood chips in 2015, a 43% decrease from the previous year.
| Year | Roundwood | Chips | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial roundwood1 |
Sawlogs | Total | |||
| thousand green tonnes | |||||
| 2006 | 505 | 138 | 643 | 214 | |
| 2007 | 588 | 171 | 759 | 251 | |
| 2008 | 556 | 176 | 733 | 176 | |
| 2009 | 244 | 104 | 347 | 125 | |
| 2010 | 301 | 166 | 467 | 136 | |
| 2011 | 415 | 171 | 585 | 158 | |
| 2012 | 405 | 130 | 535 | 142 | |
| 2013 | 379 | 260 | 640 | 126 | |
| 2014 | 228 | 209 | 437 | 151 | |
| 2015 | 75 | 202 | 276 | 86 | |
Source: industry associations
Notes:
1. Includes all roundwood other than sawlogs.