2017 - Production of sawn softwood by size of mill

UK sawmills produced a total of 3.6 million cubic metres of sawn softwood in 2016, a 5% increase from the 2015 figure (Table 2.13).

Sawmills with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 85% of the total sawn softwood produced by sawmills in 2016.

Year	Size of mill (total production)¹							Total
	<1	1 – <5	5 – <10	10 – <25	25 – <50	50 – <100	100+
thousand cubic metres
2007	17	109	111	315	437	842	1248	3079
2008	18	116	104	315	369	797	1037	2755
2009	20	108	89	352	326	727	1187	2809
2010	19	109	84	395	304	693	1450	3053
2011	18	105	86	374	335	443	1867	3227
2012	18	103	95	314	393	561	1874	3361
2013	20	103	93	287	429	404	2200	3536
2014	20	88	91	282	448	563	2224	3716
2015	18	92	111	296	466	422	2045	3449
2016	17	85	106	338	186	597	2296	3624

^{Source: Sawmill Survey}

^Notes:

^{1. Categories are based on total sawnwood production (softwood and hardwood), in thousand m3.}

^{Data: Longer time series of the above table are available from the Data Downloads web page.}

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