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Information on removals from Forestry Commission (FC), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Forest Service (FS) woodlands is obtained from administrative systems.
A total of 4.7 million green tonnes of softwood was removed from FC/NRW/FS woodlands in 2015, a 3% decrease from the 2014 figure (Table 2.3). Over one half (56%) of FC/NRW/FS softwood removals in 2015 occurred in Scotland, 22% in England, 15% in Wales and 8% in Northern Ireland.
| Year | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand green tonnes | |||||
| 2006 | 1 152 | 612 | 2 454 | 364 | 4 582 |
| 2007 | 1 211 | 584 | 2 496 | 363 | 4 653 |
| 2008 | 1 100 | 556 | 2 362 | 398 | 4 415 |
| 2009 | 1 213 | 717 | 2 773 | 423 | 5 126 |
| 2010 | 1 142 | 644 | 2 434 | 405 | 4 625 |
| 2011 | 1 185 | 689 | 2 566 | 430 | 4 870 |
| 2012 | 1 154 | 663 | 2 627 | 392 | 4 836 |
| 2013 | 1 188 | 693 | 2 819 | 384 | 5 084 |
| 2014 | 1 064 | 722 | 2 749 | 365 | 4 900 |
| 2015 | 1 047 | 690 | 2 644 | 365 | 4 746 |
Source: Forestry Commission, 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.