England Sawmill Statistics by Region from 1994 to 2014

Final figures from 1994 to 2014 track the number of sawmills, softwood consumption, and sawn softwood production across English regions. The Forestry Commission releases this data twice yearly, with provisional figures in May and final figures in September. It supports official National Statistics publications on UK wood production and trade.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional trends in the forestry industry based on the number of sawmills.
• Model softwood supply and demand dynamics based on consumption and production figures.
• Track the evolution of England's wood processing capacity over a 20-year period.
• Compare industrial activity across English regions based on the regional breakdown.

Strengths

• Covers a 20-year time series from 1994 to 2014.
• Provides a regional breakdown for England.
• Includes three core metrics: number of mills, softwood consumption, and sawn softwood production.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 1994-2014 period.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Time Range

1994 to 2014

Freshness

Final dataset; last metadata update was 2026-06-29.

Geography

England, broken down by region