UK Sawmill Statistics by Region and Mill Size, 1994-2015

UK sawmill data from 1994 to 2015, released by the Forestry Commission. The dataset includes counts of mills and figures for softwood consumption and sawn softwood production. Data is broken down by region (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, UK) and by the size of the mill.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in UK softwood production based on reported annual figures.
• Comparing sawmill industry activity across UK regions (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland).
• Studying the structure of the sawmill industry based on the size of mill breakdown.
• Supporting national statistics releases like Forestry Statistics and Forestry Facts & Figures.

Strengths

• Provides a 22-year time series from 1994 to 2015.
• Data is broken down by five distinct UK regions.
• Includes separate metrics for number of mills, consumption, and production.
• Released twice yearly with provisional and final figures.

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 geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Time Range

1994 to 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 22:12:44.634974; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)