High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, April 25, 2008
Timber Harvested
A total of 6.6 million m3 overbark standing of timber was harvested from forests in Scotland in 2006. This represents an increase of 63% from the 1996 level.
The last forecast of softwood conifer production (produced in 2006) indicated that timber availability would rise from an annual average of 6.9 million m3 in the period 2007-2011, to 8.2 million m3 in 2012-2016 and 8.9 million m3 in 2017-2021. Current hardwood production is around 50,000 m3, but more could be produced if markets were available.
Source: Forestry Commission
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