## Forestry.Gov.Uk/Statistics

Based on data in Wild Bird Populations in the UK statistical release (Defra, October 2014).

A summary of statistics about woodland and forestry in the UK

## Forestry Facts & Figures 2015

| Forest cover: international comparisons 2015   | Forest area changes: international comparisons (annual change)   |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Region                                         |                                                                  |
| 2000–2010                                      | 2010–2015                                                        |
| Country                                        |                                                                  |
| Forest area                                    |                                                                  |
| (million ha)                                   |                                                                  |
| Total land                                     |                                                                  |
| area                                           |                                                                  |
| (million ha)                                   |                                                                  |
| Forest as                                      |                                                                  |
| % of land area                                 |                                                                  |
| (000 ha)                                       | (%)                                                              |
| United Kingdom                                 | 3                                                                |
| UK                                             | 11                                                               |
| Finland                                        | 22                                                               |
| EU-28                                          | 450                                                              |
| France                                         | 17                                                               |
| Total Europe                                   | 1 127                                                            |
| Africa                                         | -3 209                                                           |
| Germany                                        | 11                                                               |
| Asia                                           | 2 349                                                            |
| Italy                                          | 9                                                                |
| Spain                                          | 18                                                               |
| North & Central                                |                                                                  |
| America                                        |                                                                  |
| 172                                            | 0.0                                                              |
| Sweden                                         | 28                                                               |
| Oceania                                        | -564                                                             |
| Other EU                                       | 52                                                               |
| South America                                  | -3 868                                                           |
| Total EU-28                                    | 161                                                              |
| World                                          | -3 993                                                           |
| Russian Federation                             | 815                                                              |

Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. These figures are not National Statistics. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but is part of FAO's Asia region.

| 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. These figures are not National Statistics. Cyprus is included in EU-28 total but is part of FAO's Asia region.

Softwood deliveries (thousands of green tonnes)
Year
Sawmills
Pulpmills
Woodbased
panels
Fencing
Woodfuel
Other
Roundwood
exports
Total
Year
Sawmills
Pulpmills
Woodbased
panels
Woodfuel
Other
Total
2010
5 616
428
1 375
349
900
135
467
9 269
2010
75
0
1
400
59
535
2011
5 859
453
1 417
363
900
145
585
9 722
2011
81
0
1
400
59
541
2012
6 073
461
1 269
338
1 000
154
535
9 831
2012
75
0
2
400
55
532
2013
6 407
465
1 263
332
1 250
191
640
10 547
2013
74
0
0
400
55
529
2014
6 725
465
1 283
317
1 500
188
437
10 915
2014
77
0
0
400
55
532

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.

| Area of woodland 2015 (thousands of hectares)   |   Area of certified woodland 2015 (thousands of hectares) |
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Total woodland                                  |                                                           |
| FC/NRW/FS                                       |                                                           |
| Private                                         |                                                           |
| sector                                          |                                                           |
| Total woodland                                  |                                                           |
| area certified                                  |                                                           |
| England                                         |                                                       215 |
| 356                                             |                                                           |
| FC/NRW/FS                                       |                                                           |
| Wales                                           |                                                       117 |
| 141                                             |                                                           |
| England                                         |                                                       151 |
| 215                                             |                                                           |
| Scotland                                        |                                                       478 |
| 813                                             |                                                           |
| Wales                                           |                                                        98 |
| 117                                             |                                                           |
| Northern Ireland                                |                                                        62 |
| 65                                              |                                                           |
| Scotland                                        |                                                       438 |
| 478                                             |                                                           |
| UK                                              |                                                       871 |
| 1                                               |                                                           |
|                                                 |                                                           |
| 376                                             |                                                           |
| Northern Ireland                                |                                                        56 |
| 62                                              |                                                           |
| UK                                              |                                                       743 |

All certified woodland in 2015 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
188
901
1 090
Private sector
FC/NRW/FS
Wales
53
136
189
600
Scotland
619
335
954
Northern Ireland
11
39
50
500
UK
871
1 412
2 283
400
All woodland
300
England
339
965
1 304
Wales
150
156
306
200
thousands of hectares
Scotland
1 057
375
1 432
100
Northern Ireland
67
45
112

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or send an email to: diversity@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Statistician: Sheila Ward. Enquiries relating to this publication should be addressed to: statistics@forestry.gsi.gov.uk FCFS215/FC-GB(JW)/MLG-4K/SEP15
- 
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.dardni.gov.uk/forestservice)
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 2015 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 2013	
Wood products: international comparisons 2013
| UK   | 9   | 2   | 11   |
|------|-----|-----|------|
| EU-27   | 330   | 97   | 427   |
|---------|-------|------|-------|
| Total Europe   | 550   | 145   | 694   |
|----------------|-------|-------|-------|
|                 |       |       | Africa   |   69 |   630 |   700 |
|-----------------|-------|-------|----------|------|-------|-------|
| UK              | 4     | 9     | 3        |    6 |     5 |     9 |
| Asia            | 382   | 743   | 1        |      |       |       |
|                 |       |       |          |      |       |       |
| 126             |       |       |          |      |       |       |
| EU-27           | 99    | 83    | 57       |   53 |    92 |    81 |
| Total Europe    | 142   | 103   | 75       |   71 |   105 |    92 |
| North & Central |       |       |          |      |       |       |
| America         |       |       |          |      |       |       |
| 450             | 128   | 578   |          |      |       |       |
| Africa          | 9     | 18    | 3        |    5 |     4 |     7 |
| Oceania         | 60    | 11    | 70       |      |       |       |
| Asia            | 114   | 158   | 213      |  209 |   180 |   188 |
| South America   | 226   | 178   | 403      |      |       |       |
| World           | 1 736 | 1 835 | 3 571    |      |       |       |
| North & Central |       |       |          |      |       |       |
| America         |       |       |          |      |       |       |
| 116             | 106   | 47    | 52       |   91 |    87 |       |

Source: FAO These figures are not National Statistics. Cyprus is included in EU-27 total but is part of FAO's Asia region.

| Oceania       |   9 |   7 |   4 |   3 |   4 |   5 |
|---------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| South America |  31 |  27 |  17 |  15 |  15 |  17 |
| World   | 421   | 418   | 358   | 356   | 398   | 395   |
|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

Source: FAO. These figures are not National Statistics. Cyprus is included in EU-27 total but is part of FAO's Asia region.

| Import and export volumes   | Employment in forestry and primary wood processing (thousands)   |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Imports                     | Exports                                                          |
| Year                        | Forestry                                                         |
| Saw-                        |                                                                  |
| milling                     |                                                                  |
| Panels                      |                                                                  |
| Pulp &                      |                                                                  |
| paper                       |                                                                  |
| Total                       |                                                                  |
| Year                        |                                                                  |
| 2009                        | 14                                                               |
| 40                          |                                                                  |
| Sawn-                       |                                                                  |
| wood                        |                                                                  |
| Other                       |                                                                  |
| wood                        |                                                                  |
| Wood-                       |                                                                  |
| based                       |                                                                  |
| panels                      |                                                                  |
| Pulp &                      |                                                                  |
| paper                       |                                                                  |
| Wood                        |                                                                  |
| (sawn                       |                                                                  |
| & other)                    |                                                                  |
| Wood-                       |                                                                  |
| based                       |                                                                  |
| panels                      |                                                                  |
| Pulp &                      |                                                                  |
| paper                       |                                                                  |
| 2010                        | 14                                                               |
| 41                          |                                                                  |
| (000 m                      |                                                                  |
| 3                           |                                                                  |
| )                           | (000 t)                                                          |
| 3                           |                                                                  |
| )                           | (000 t)                                                          |
| 2011                        | 14                                                               |
| 39                          |                                                                  |
| 2010                        | 5 699                                                            |
| 2012                        | 15                                                               |
| 41                          |                                                                  |
| 2011                        | 4 936                                                            |
| 2013                        | 14                                                               |
| 40                          |                                                                  |
| 2012                        | 5 179                                                            |

Excludes secondary wood processing and other wood-using industries. Source: Annual Business Survey (Office for National Statistics).

| 2013                                 | 5 488                                                                 | 6 283   | 2 964   | 7 213   | 1 543   |   432 | 5 390   |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------|---------|
| 2014                                 | 6 425                                                                 | 8 391   | 3 260   | 7 319   | 1 304   |   404 | 5 472   |
| Import and export values (£ million) | Gross value added in forestry and primary wood processing (£ million) |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Imports                              | Exports                                                               |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Year                                 | Forestry                                                              |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Saw-                                 |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| milling                              |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Panels                               |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Pulp &                               |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| paper                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Total                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Year                                 |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 2009                                 | 382                                                                   | 299     | 169     | 658     |         |       |         |
| 1                                    |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
|                                      |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 508                                  |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Sawn-                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| wood                                 |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Other                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| wood                                 |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Wood-                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| based                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| panels                               |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Pulp &                               |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| paper                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Wood                                 |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| (sawn                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| & other)                             |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Wood-                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| based                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| panels                               |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| Pulp &                               |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| paper                                |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 2010                                 | 329                                                                   | 415     | 327     | 628     |         |       |         |
| 1                                    |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
|                                      |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 699                                  |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 2010                                 | 1 199                                                                 | 179     | 781     | 4 607   | 89      |   113 | 1 610   |
| 2011                                 | 416                                                                   | 435     | 197     | 888     |         |       |         |
| 1                                    |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
|                                      |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 936                                  |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 2011                                 | 1 080                                                                 | 208     | 838     | 4 696   | 95      |   128 | 1 650   |
| 2012                                 | 307                                                                   | 586     | 226     | 776     |         |       |         |
| 1                                    |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
|                                      |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 895                                  |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 2012                                 | 1 084                                                                 | 260     | 791     | 4 266   | 89      |   130 | 1 589   |
| 2013                                 | 504                                                                   | 545     | 280     | 578     |         |       |         |
| 1                                    |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
|                                      |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 907                                  |                                                                       |         |         |         |         |       |         |
| 2013                                 | 1 180                                                                 | 499     | 882     | 4 165   | 89      |   109 | 1 519   |
| 2014   | 1 420   | 627   | 936   | 4 196   | 85   | 107   | 1 480   |
|--------|---------|-------|-------|---------|------|-------|---------|

'Other wood' includes roundwood, wood charcoal, chips, particles, residues and wood pellets. 'Pulp & paper' includes paperboard and recovered waste paper.

| New planting (thousands of hectares)   | Wood production (thousands of green tonnes)   |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Softwood                               | Hardwood                                      |
| Year                                   | England                                       |
| Year                                   |                                               |
| FC/NRW                                 |                                               |
| /FS                                    |                                               |
| Private                                |                                               |
| sector                                 |                                               |
| Total                                  |                                               |
| FC/NRW                                 |                                               |
| /FS                                    |                                               |
| Private                                |                                               |
| sector                                 |                                               |
| Total                                  |                                               |
| (to                                    |                                               |
| 31/3)                                  |                                               |
|                                        |                                               |
|                                        |                                               |
| Total                                  |                                               |
| 2011                                   | 0.0                                           |
| 9.1                                    |                                               |
| 2010                                   | 4 625                                         |
| 9 258                                  |                                               |
| 70                                     | 465                                           |
| 535                                    |                                               |
| 2012                                   | 0.0                                           |
| 12.8                                   |                                               |
| 2011                                   | 4 870                                         |
| 10 056                                 |                                               |
| 75                                     | 465                                           |
| 541                                    |                                               |
| 2013                                   | 0.0                                           |
| 10.8                                   |                                               |
| 2012                                   | 4 836                                         |
| 10 095                                 |                                               |
| 55                                     | 478                                           |
| 532                                    |                                               |
| 2014                                   | 0.0                                           |
| 12.9                                   |                                               |
| 2013                                   | 5 084                                         |
| 10 936                                 |                                               |
| 78                                     | 451                                           |
| 529                                    |                                               |
| 2015                                   | 0.1                                           |
| 10.3                                   |                                               |
| 2014                                   | 4 900                                         |
| 11 431                                 |                                               |
| 71                                     | 461                                           |
| 532                                    |                                               |
| Restocking (thousands of hectares)     | Production of wood products                   |
| Year                                   | England                                       |
| Year                                   |                                               |
| Sawnwood                               |                                               |
| Woodbased                              |                                               |
| panels                                 |                                               |
| Paper &                                |                                               |
| paperboard                             |                                               |
| (000 m                                 |                                               |
| 3                                      |                                               |
| )                                      | (000 m                                        |
| 3                                      |                                               |
| )                                      | (000 tonnes)                                  |
| (to                                    |                                               |
| 31/3)                                  |                                               |
|                                        |                                               |
|                                        |                                               |
| Total                                  |                                               |
| 2010                                   | 3 101                                         |
| 2011                                   | 2.3                                           |
| 14.0                                   |                                               |
| 2011                                   | 3 279                                         |
| 2012                                   | 2.0                                           |
| 12.3                                   |                                               |
| 2012                                   | 3 409                                         |
| 2013                                   | 2.2                                           |
| 13.1                                   |                                               |
| 2014                                   | 2.6                                           |
| 15.8                                   |                                               |
4.4
1.3
0.6
6.6
1.9
0.8
0.0

## 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