Large Sawmill Survey - Year ending December 2023

1. Please enter the mill reference number:

2. Please enter the mill name:

3. CONSUMPTION OF LOGS
What was the total consumption of UK and imported logs during 2023?

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 metric units (cubic metres underbark, m³ ub).

	Softwood (m³ ub)	Hardwood (m³ ub)
Total volume consumed	Total volume consumed Softwood (m³ ub)	Total volume consumed Hardwood (m³ ub)

4. SOURCE OF LOGS
Approximately what percentage (%) of softwood logs and what percentage (%) of hardwood logs come from:

	Softwood (%)	Hardwood (%)
England	England Softwood (%)	England Hardwood (%)
Wales	Wales Softwood (%)	Wales Hardwood (%)
Scotland	Scotland Softwood (%)	Scotland Hardwood (%)
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Softwood (%)	Northern Ireland Hardwood (%)
Other Countries	Other Countries Softwood (%)	Other Countries Hardwood (%)

5. PRODUCTION OF SAWNWOOD
What was the total volume of sawnwood produced by the mill during 2023, from both UK and imported timber?

Please give figures in cubic metres (m³)

	Softwood (m³)	Hardwood (m³)
Total volume produced	Total volume produced Softwood (m³)	Total volume produced Hardwood (m³)

6. SAWNWOOD PRODUCT MARKETS
Please give the percentage of sawnwood production going to each of the following markets.

	Softwood (%)	Hardwood (%)
Construction: Graded C16 or C24	Construction: Graded C16 or C24 Softwood (%)	Construction: Graded C16 or C24 Hardwood (%)
Construction: Other	Construction: Other Softwood (%)	Construction: Other Hardwood (%)
Fencing and timber garden products (excluding round fencing)	Fencing and timber garden products (excluding round fencing) Softwood (%)	Fencing and timber garden products (excluding round fencing) Hardwood (%)
Packaging and pallets	Packaging and pallets Softwood (%)	Packaging and pallets Hardwood (%)
Other	Other Softwood (%)	Other Hardwood (%)

7. PRESERVATIVE TREATED

How much of the total sawnwood produced (from Q5) was preservative treated (m³)?
What percentage of this volume is suitable for use in ground contact (Use Class 4)?

8. OTHER PRODUCTS
What quantities of other softwood products were produced during 2023?

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

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

	Softwood Wood chips	Softwood Bark	Softwood Sawdust & other
Total (green tonnes)	Total (green tonnes) Softwood Wood chips	Total (green tonnes) Softwood Bark	Total (green tonnes) Softwood Sawdust & other
% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills	% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills Softwood Wood chips	% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills Softwood Bark	% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills Softwood Sawdust & other
% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture)	% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Softwood Wood chips	% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Softwood Bark	% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Softwood Sawdust & other
% sold as firewood	% sold as firewood Softwood Wood chips	% sold as firewood Softwood Bark	% sold as firewood Softwood Sawdust & other
% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants	% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Softwood Wood chips	% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Softwood Bark	% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Softwood Sawdust & other
% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use)	% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use) Softwood Wood chips	% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use) Softwood Bark	% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use) Softwood Sawdust & other

9. What quantities of other hardwood products were produced during 2023?

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

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

	Hardwood Wood chips	Hardwood Bark	Hardwood Sawdust & other
Total (green tonnes)	Total (green tonnes) Hardwood Wood chips	Total (green tonnes) Hardwood Bark	Total (green tonnes) Hardwood Sawdust & other
% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills	% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills Hardwood Wood chips	% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills Hardwood Bark	% sold to woodbased panels or pulp & paper mills Hardwood Sawdust & other
% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture)	% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Hardwood Wood chips	% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Hardwood Bark	% sold to bio-energy (including pellet manufacture) Hardwood Sawdust & other
% sold as firewood	% sold as firewood Hardwood Wood chips	% sold as firewood Hardwood Bark	% sold as firewood Hardwood Sawdust & other
% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants	% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Hardwood Wood chips	% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Hardwood Bark	% sold to others, including to agriculture or merchants Hardwood Sawdust & other
% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use)	% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use) Hardwood Wood chips	% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use) Hardwood Bark	% used internally for heat/energy (including kiln use) Hardwood Sawdust & other

10. EMPLOYMENT (at this site)
Please provide estimates of the sawmill’s employment, expressed as Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) for each of the categories shown below.

Each category should be split between direct employees (those for whom you are responsible for paying wages and National Insurance contributions) and other employment (any others undertaking work for you, including contractors and their employees).

To express employment as FTEs, please include a rough estimate of time for those who work a part-year for the sawmill. For example, count a full-time employee working slightly more than half the time for the sawmill as 0.6, or an employee who works part-time for 4 months as 0.2.

Please exclude any employment on harvesting, and any employment at the site not directly related to the sawmill (e.g. exclude work producing pallets or other wood products from sawnwood). Haulage employment should only include direct employees.

	Direct employees	Other employment
Line, production and maintenance staff	Line, production and maintenance staff Direct employees	Line, production and maintenance staff Other employment
Managerial, sales and administrative staff	Managerial, sales and administrative staff Direct employees	Managerial, sales and administrative staff Other employment
Haulage (direct employees only)	Haulage (direct employees only) Direct employees	Haulage (direct employees only) Other employment