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 in the last 10 years.

Table 2.2 Private sector softwood removals by country, 2007-2016

Year	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	UK
thousand green tonnes
2007	612	382	3059	29	4083
2008	638	333	2827	25	3823
2009	533	321	2388	24	3266
2010	678	427	3471	57	4633
2011	738	501	3894	53	5186
2012	847	611	3784	40	5282
2013	929	695	4234	23	5881
2014	1165	739	4691	33	6628
2015	1052	686	4203	28	5968
2016	992	643	4046	34	5716

^{Source: Private Sector Softwood Removals Survey}

^{Data: Longer time series of the above table, including estimates for hardwood removals and for removals from FC/NRW/FS woodlands are available from the Data Downloads web page.}

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2017 – Origin of private sector softwood removals

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