Sawmill Survey - Year ending December 2025

Information

Please submit your completed return by Friday 27 February 2026.

If you are unable to provide actual figures, then best estimates are acceptable.

All data provided will be treated in the strictest confidence and will be aggregated with data from other mills so that it will not be possible to identify an individual business in any publication or other report.

For further information on this survey and the statistics that Forest Research produce, please visit our Timber Surveys webpage.

If you have any queries or feedback, please call us at 0300 067 5238 or email statistics@forestresearch.gov.uk.

1. Please enter the mill reference number:

2. Please enter the mill name:

3. If the sawmill no longer exists please give the approximate date of closure:

4. CONSUMPTION OF LOGS
What was the total consumption of UK and imported logs during 2025?

This should be the volume of logs sawn in the year rather than the volume purchased or delivered. It should exclude sawn timber received for further processing.

Please give figures in green tonnes.

	Softwood (green tonnes)	Hardwood (green tonnes)
UK grown logs	UK grown logs Softwood (green tonnes)	UK grown logs Hardwood (green tonnes)
Imported logs (incl. imports from the Republic of Ireland)	Imported logs (incl. imports from the Republic of Ireland) Softwood (green tonnes)	Imported logs (incl. imports from the Republic of Ireland) Hardwood (green tonnes)

5. If possible, please complete the following, indicating the country or countries you purchased UK roundwood from.

If you are unable to provide actual figures then estimates are acceptable.

	Softwood (m³ ub)	Hardwood (m³ ub)
England	England Softwood (m³ ub)	England Hardwood (m³ ub)
Scotland	Scotland Softwood (m³ ub)	Scotland Hardwood (m³ ub)
Wales	Wales Softwood (m³ ub)	Wales Hardwood (m³ ub)
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Softwood (m³ ub)	Northern Ireland Hardwood (m³ ub)

6. PRODUCTION
What was the total volume of sawnwood produced by the mill during 2025, from both UK and imported logs?

Please give figures in cubic metres (m³).

	Softwood (m³)	Hardwood (m³)
Sawnwood	Sawnwood Softwood (m³)	Sawnwood Hardwood (m³)

7. PRESERVATIVE TREATED

How much of the total sawnwood produced (from Q6) was preservative treated (m³)?
What percentage of this volume is suitable for use in ground contact (Use Class 4)?

8. OTHER PRODUCTS
What was the total quantity of other products produced during 2025?

This should include all of these other products from the site.

Please give total quantities in green tonnes and breakdowns in percentages.

	Softwood	Hardwood
Total (green tonnes)	Total (green tonnes) Softwood	Total (green tonnes) Hardwood
% Sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture)	% Sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Softwood	% Sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Hardwood
% Sold as firewood	% Sold as firewood Softwood	% Sold as firewood Hardwood
% Used internally for heat /energy (including kiln use)	% Used internally for heat /energy (including kiln use) Softwood	% Used internally for heat /energy (including kiln use) Hardwood
% Sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants	% Sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Softwood	% Sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Hardwood

1. Please enter the mill reference number:

2. Please enter the mill name:

3. If the sawmill no longer exists please give the approximate date of closure:

4. CONSUMPTION OF LOGSWhat was the total consumption of UK and imported logs during 2025?This should be the volume of logs sawn in the year rather than the volume purchased or delivered. It should exclude sawn timber received for further processing.Please give figures in green tonnes.

5. If possible, please complete the following, indicating the country or countries you purchased UK roundwood from. If you are unable to provide actual figures then estimates are acceptable.

6. PRODUCTIONWhat was the total volume of sawnwood produced by the mill during 2025, from both UK and imported logs?Please give figures in cubic metres (m3).

7. PRESERVATIVE TREATED

8. OTHER PRODUCTSWhat was the total quantity of other products produced during 2025?This should include all of these other products from the site.Please give total quantities in green tonnes and breakdowns in percentages.

4. CONSUMPTION OF LOGS
What was the total consumption of UK and imported logs during 2025?

This should be the volume of logs sawn in the year rather than the volume purchased or delivered. It should exclude sawn timber received for further processing.

Please give figures in green tonnes.

5. If possible, please complete the following, indicating the country or countries you purchased UK roundwood from.

If you are unable to provide actual figures then estimates are acceptable.

6. PRODUCTION
What was the total volume of sawnwood produced by the mill during 2025, from both UK and imported logs?

Please give figures in cubic metres (m³).

8. OTHER PRODUCTS
What was the total quantity of other products produced during 2025?

This should include all of these other products from the site.

Please give total quantities in green tonnes and breakdowns in percentages.