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Information on removals from Forestry England (FE), Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Forest Service (FS) woodlands is obtained from administrative systems.
A total of 4.5 million green tonnes of softwood was removed from FE/FLS/NRW/FS woodlands in 2018, a 7% decrease from the 2017 figure (Table 2.3). Over one half (54%) of FE/FLS/NRW/FS softwood removals in 2018 occurred in Scotland, 23% in England, 15% in Wales and 7% in Northern Ireland.
In comparison to private sector softwood removals (see Table 2.2), FE/FLS/NRW/FS softwood removals have been relatively stable over the last decade.
| Year | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | UK |
| thousand green tonnes | |||||
| 2009 | 1213 | 717 | 2773 | 423 | 5126 |
| 2010 | 1142 | 644 | 2434 | 405 | 4625 |
| 2011 | 1185 | 689 | 2566 | 430 | 4870 |
| 2012 | 1154 | 663 | 2627 | 392 | 4836 |
| 2013 | 1188 | 693 | 2819 | 384 | 5084 |
| 2014 | 1064 | 722 | 2749 | 365 | 4900 |
| 2015 | 1023 | 692 | 2644 | 333 | 4691 |
| 2016 | 1146 | 778 | 2745 | 343 | 5011 |
| 2017 | 1087 | 758 | 2668 | 349 | 4862 |
| 2018 | 1048 | 696 | 2440 | 339 | 4523 |
Source: Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales, Forest Service.
Data: Longer time series of the above table, including estimates for hardwood removals and for removals from private sector woodlands, are available from the Data downloads web page at: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/data-downloads/.
Sources chapter: Wood production
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