## Forestry.Gov.Uk/Statistics

Source: UK Public Opinion of Forestry surveys 2013 to 2017. Average visit frequencies from last 3 surveys. 

A summary of statistics about woodland and forestry in the UK

## Forestry Facts & Figures 2017 Forest Cover: International Comparisons 2015 Annual Changes In Forest Area: International Comparisons

| UK                                                                                         | 18     | 0.6    |     11 | 0.3    |    17 |   0.5 |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
| Europe                                                                                     |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| United Kingdom                                                                             | 3      | 24     |   13   |        |       |       |
| EU-28                                                                                      | 681    | 0.5    |  450   | 0.3    | 369   |   0.2 |
| Finland                                                                                    | 22     | 30     |   73   |        |       |       |
| Total Europe                                                                               | 803    | 0.1    |        |        |       |       |
| 1 127                                                                                      | 0.1    | 382    |    0   |        |       |       |
| Africa                                                                                     |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| -3 537                                                                                     | -0.5   | -3 209 |   -0.5 | -2 836 |  -0.4 |       |
| France                                                                                     | 17     | 55     |   31   |        |       |       |
| Asia                                                                                       | -221   | 0.0    |        |        |       |       |
| 2 349                                                                                      | 0.4    | 791    |    0.1 |        |       |       |
| Germany                                                                                    | 11     | 35     |   33   |        |       |       |
| Italy                                                                                      | 9      | 29     |   32   |        |       |       |
| North & Central                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| America                                                                                    |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| -394                                                                                       | -0.1   | 172    |    0   | 75     |   0   |       |
| Spain                                                                                      | 18     | 50     |   37   |        |       |       |
| Oceania                                                                                    | 82     | 0.0    | -564   | -0.3   | 304   |   0.2 |
| Sweden                                                                                     | 28     | 41     |   68   |        |       |       |
| South America                                                                              | -4,000 | -0.4   |        |        |       |       |
| -3 868                                                                                     | -0.4   | -2 024 |   -0.2 |        |       |       |
| Other EU                                                                                   | 52     | 159    |   32   |        |       |       |
| World                                                                                      | -7     |        |        |        |       |       |
|                                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 267                                                                                        |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| -0.2                                                                                       |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| -3 993                                                                                     | -0.1   | -3 308 |   -0.1 |        |       |       |
| Total EU-28                                                                                | 161    | 424    |   38   |        |       |       |
| Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| is part of FAO's Asia region. These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics.  |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| Russian Federation                                                                         | 815    | 1,638  |   50   |        |       |       |
| Total Europe                                                                               |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 1                                                                                          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
|                                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 015                                                                                        | 2      |        |        |        |       |       |
|                                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 214                                                                                        |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 46                                                                                         |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| Africa                                                                                     | 624    | 2,987  |   21   |        |       |       |
| Asia                                                                                       | 593    | 3,118  |   19   |        |       |       |
| North & Central                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| America                                                                                    |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 751                                                                                        | 2,134  | 35     |        |        |       |       |
| Oceania                                                                                    | 174    | 850    |   20   |        |       |       |
| South America                                                                              | 842    | 1,747  |   48   |        |       |       |
| World                                                                                      | 3      |        |        |        |       |       |
|                                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 999                                                                                        | 13     |        |        |        |       |       |
|                                                                                            |        |        |        |        |       |       |
| 049                                                                                        | 31     |        |        |        |       |       |

Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but is part of FAO's Asia region. These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics.

## Softwood Deliveries (Thousands Of Green Tonnes) Hardwood Deliveries (Thousands Of Green Tonnes)

| 2012   |   6 073 | 461   |   1 269 | 338   |   1 000 |   154 |
|--------|---------|-------|---------|-------|---------|-------|
| 9      |         |       |         |       |         |       |
|        |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 831    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2012   |      75 | 0     |       2 | 400   |      57 |       |
| 534    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2013   |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 6 407  |     465 | 1 263 |     332 | 1 250 |     191 |   640 |
| 10     |         |       |         |       |         |       |
|        |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 547    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2013   |      74 | 0     |       0 | 400   |      58 |       |
| 532    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2014   |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 6 725  |     465 | 1 283 |     317 | 1 500 |     176 |   437 |
| 10     |         |       |         |       |         |       |
|        |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 903    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2014   |      77 | 0     |       0 | 400   |      60 |       |
| 537    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2015   |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 6 166  |     435 | 1 334 |     288 | 1 600 |     164 |   276 |
| 10     |         |       |         |       |         |       |
|        |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 263    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2015   |      73 | 0     |       0 | 400   |      91 |       |
| 564    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2016   |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 6 511  |     423 | 1 248 |     278 | 1 550 |     178 |   231 |
| 10     |         |       |         |       |         |       |
|        |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 419    |         |       |         |       |         |       |
| 2016   |      75 | 0     |       0 | 400   |     122 |       |
| 597    |         |       |         |       |         |       |

Figures are based on processing industries' purchases of softwood grown in the UK and estimates for woodfuel. Woodfuel reported here is derived from stemwood and includes estimated roundwood use for biomass energy. Other includes shavings and poles.

Figures are based on processing industries' purchases of hardwood grown in the UK and 
estimates for woodfuel and other uses. Woodfuel reported here is derived from stemwood 
and includes estimated roundwood use for biomass energy. Other includes round fencing 
and roundwood exports.

Total woodland 
Total woodland
FC/NRW/FS
Private 

sector
area certified
FC/NRW/FS
England
214
122
337
Wales
117
28
145
England
151
63
214
Scotland
470
371
841
Wales
98
19
117
Northern Ireland
62
3
65
Scotland
429
40
470
UK
863
525
1 388
Northern Ireland
56
7
62
UK
733
130
863
All certified woodland in 2017 is under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) scheme. Some woodland is also certified under the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Scheme.
Private sector
England
189
903
1 092
Wales
53
137
190
Scotland
632
338
970
Private sector
Northern Ireland
11
39
50
500
UK
885
1 418
2 303
400
All woodland
300
England
340
967
1 306
Wales
151
156
307
200
Scotland
1 061
378
1 440
thousands of hectares
100
Northern Ireland
66
46
112
0
UK
1 618
1 547
3 166

Areas as of 31 March, 2017.

## © Crown Copyright Generalists

The Forestry Commission will consider all requests to make the content of publications available in alternative formats. Please send any such requests to the Diversity Team at diversity@forestry.gsi.gov.uk or call 
0300 067 5046.

Statistician: Sheila Ward. Enquiries relating to this publication should be addressed to: statistics@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

## Fcfs217/Fc-Gb(Jw)/Barr-4K/Sep17

- 
One green tonne is equivalent to approximately 0.98 m3 underbark softwood or 0.88 m3 underbark hardwood, and to approximately 1.22 m3 
overbark standing softwood or 1.11 m3 overbark standing hardwood.

- 
Figures in the tables are individually rounded, so the constituent items may not sum to the total given.

 = Conifers 
 = Broadleaves

- 
FC/NRW/FS = Forestry Commission/Natural Resources Wales/

Forest Service. Private sector = all other woodland, including some other publicly-owned woodland. 

Notes on Forestry Facts & Figures:
This booklet includes data provided by Natural Resources Wales 

(www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk) and by the Northern Ireland Forest Service (www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/forestry)
The UK Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. For more information visit: www.statistics.gov.uk Forestry Facts & Figures is an annual summary of Forestry Statistics compiled by the Forestry Commission. The full 2017 publication, including full details of the sources used and downloadable spreadsheets of data, can be found online at: www.forestry.gov.uk/statistics

## Wood Removals: International Comparisons 2015 Wood Products: International Comparisons 2015

(million m3)
(million m3)
| UK   | 9   | 2   | 11   |
|------|-----|-----|------|
| EU-28   | 350   | 99   | 450   |
|---------|-------|------|-------| | Total Europe   | 578   | 148   | 726   |
|----------------|-------|-------|-------|
|                 |     |     |   Africa |   72 |   666 |   738 |
|-----------------|-----|-----|----------|------|-------|-------|
| UK              |   3 |  10 |        3 |    6 |     4 |     9 |
| Asia            | 400 | 729 |          |      |       |       |
| 1 129           |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| EU-28           | 105 |  89 |       61 |   59 |    92 |    81 |
| Total Europe    | 151 | 107 |       82 |   76 |   104 |    92 |
| North & Central |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| America         |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| 516             | 136 | 652 |          |      |       |       |
| Africa          |  10 |  19 |        3 |    5 |     4 |     8 |
| Oceania         |  63 |  11 |       74 |      |       |       |
| Asia            | 126 | 171 |      246 |  240 |   191 |   196 |
| South America   | 215 | 178 |      393 |      |       |       |
| World           |   1 |     |          |      |       |       |
|                 |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| 845             |   1 |     |          |      |       |       |
|                 |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| 866             |   3 |     |          |      |       |       |
|                 |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| 711             |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| North & Central |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| America         |     |     |          |      |       |       |
| 127             | 119 |  48 |       56 |   89 |    86 |       |

Source: FAO. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but is part of FAO's Asia region. These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics.

| Oceania       |   9 |   8 |   4 |   4 |   4 |   4 |
|---------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| South America |  31 |  25 |  18 |  14 |  16 |  17 |
| World   | 454   | 449   | 401   | 395   | 407   | 403   |
|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

Source: FAO. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but is part of FAO's Asia region. These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics.

## Import And Export Volumes

Sawmilling
Panels
Pulp & 
paper
Total
|   2011 |
|--------|
|     39 |
|   2012 |
|--------|
|     41 |
|   2013 |
|--------|
|     40 |

Business Survey (Office for National Statistics). 

Import and export values (£ million)
Gross value added in forestry and primary wood processing (£ million)
| 2011   | 416      | 435    | 197   | 888   |
|--------|----------|--------|-------|-------|
| 1      |          |        |       |       |
|        |          |        |       |       |
| 936    |          |        |       |       |
| wood   |          |        |       |       |
| Other  |          |        |       |       |
| wood   | paper    | paper  |       |       |
| panels | & other) | panels |       |       |
| 2012   | 307      | 586    | 226   | 776   |
| 1      |          |        |       |       |
|        |          |        |       |       |
| 895    |          |        |       |       |
| 2012   |          |        |       |       |
| 1 084  | 261      | 791    | 4 266 | 89    |
| 2013   | 504      | 518    | 267   | 578   |
| 1      |          |        |       |       |
|        |          |        |       |       |
| 867    |          |        |       |       |
| 2013   | 1 180    | 499    | 882   | 4 165 |
| 2014   | 540      | 356    | 436   | 596   |
| 1      |          |        |       |       |
|        |          |        |       |       |
| 928    |          |        |       |       |
| 2014   | 1 420    | 627    | 936   | 4 196 |
| 2015   | 626      | 429    | 323   | 738   |
| 2      |          |        |       |       |
|        |          |        |       |       |
| 116    |          |        |       |       |
| 2015   | 1 311    | 868    | 957   | 4 375 |
| 2016   |
|--------|
| 1 307  |
Year
FC/NRW

Private 
Private 
(to
/FS
sector
Total
FC/NRW

/FS
sector
Total
31/3)
 
 
Total
2013
0.0
2.6
0.1
0.8
1.7
5.3
0.0
0.2
1.9
8.9
10.8
2012
4 836
5 282
10 118
55
479
534
2014
0.0
3.3
0.1
0.8
2.0
6.3
0.0
0.3
2.2
10.7
12.9
2013
5 084
5 881
10 965
78
454
532
2015
0.1
2.3
0.0
0.1
2.5
5.1
0.0
0.2
2.6
7.7
10.3
2014
4 900
6 628
11 528
71
466
537
2016
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.1
1.9
2.7
0.0
0.1
1.9
3.7
5.6
2015
4 691
5 968
10 659
73
490
564
2017
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.2
3.2
1.5
0.1
0.2
3.5
3.0
6.5
2016
5 011
5 716
10 727
68
529
597
Restocking (thousands of hectares)
| Year   | England   | Wales   | Scotland   | N Ireland   | UK   |
|--------|-----------|---------|------------|-------------|------|
Sawnwood
Year
(to
(000 m3)
(000 m3)
(000 tonnes)
31/3)
 
 
Total
2013
2.2
1.8
1.4
0.6
5.1
0.9
1.1
0.1
9.7
3.4
13.1
2012
3 409
3 003
4 480
2013
3 581
3 032
4 561
2014
2.6
1.9
1.4
0.8
6.5
1.4
1.0
0.1
11.6
4.2
15.8
2015
2.0
4.4
1.3
0.6
6.6
1.9
0.9
0.1
10.8
7.0
17.8
2014
3 764
3 068
4 397
2016
2.2
1.1
1.2
0.6
6.0
1.8
0.7
0.1
10.1
3.6
13.7
2015
3 494
3 080
3 970
2017
2.0
1.0
1.1
0.5
9.1
2.0
1.1
0.2
13.4
3.7
17.1
2016
3 671
3 033
3 675

wood products (e.g. fuelwood and round fencing), roundwood and intermediate products (e.g. sawmill products, pulp and recovered paper).

## Distribution Of Woodland In The Uk

Woodland cover in the UK is now around 3 million hectares, equivalent to 13% of the total land area. 

The public forest estate makes up almost 30% of total forest area. This map shows the distribution of woodland over 2 hectares in the UK. 

The information on woodland area presented here uses data from the GB National Forest Inventory, adjusted for new planting, and data supplied by Forest Service in Northern Ireland.

Find out more about the National Forest Inventory at:  www.forestry.gov.uk/inventory

## Uk Imports And Exports

wrme =  wood raw material equivalent