2016 - Production of sawn softwood by size of mill

UK sawmills produced a total of 3.4 million cubic metres of sawn softwood in 2015, a 7% decrease from the 2014 figure (Table 2.13).

Sawmills with total annual sawnwood production of 10 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 94% of the total sawn softwood produced by sawmills in 2015.

Table 2.13 Production of sawn softwood by size of mill, 2006-2015
Year	Size of mill (total production)¹							Total
	< 1	1 – < 5	5 – < 10	10 – < 25	25 – < 50	50 – < 100	100+
thousand cubic metres
2006	17	118	128	326	359	880	1 031	2 859
2007	17	109	111	315	437	842	1 248	3 079
2008	18	116	104	315	369	797	1 037	2 755
2009	20	108	89	352	326	727	1 187	2 809
2010	19	109	84	395	304	693	1 450	3 053
2011	18	105	86	374	335	443	1 867	3 227
2012	18	103	95	314	393	564	1 874	3 361
2013	20	103	93	287	429	404	2 200	3 536
2014	20	88	91	282	448	563	2 224	3 716
2015	18	92	111	296	466	422	2 045	3 449

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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