Wood Input Purchases by Industry 2021
The total volume of roundwood input purchases was 3.2 million cubic metres in 2021, a increase of 4.8% from 2020.
Roundwood purchases from publicly-owned forests comprised 64% of 2021 purchases, compared with 70% in 2020.
Large sawlog accounted for the highest proportion of roundwood purchase volume at 42% in 2021, followed by small sawlog (26%) and pulpwood (25%).
Purchases of non-roundwood products (including brash and tree stumps, woodchip and sawdust) were 487 thousand tonnes in 2021.
Note: A link to the survey questionnaire is available in the Background Notes.
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| | Total roundwood purchases | Roundwood purchases from publicly-owned forests | Roundwood purchases from privately-owned forests |
| 2015 | 2.778 | 2.063 | 0.715 |
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| 2016 | 2.856 | 2.237 | 0.619 |
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| 2017 | 2.937 | 2.213 | 0.724 |
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| 2018 | 3.002 | 2.198 | 0.804 |
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| 2019 | 3.198 | 2.445 | 0.753 |
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| 2020 | 3.066 | 2.131 | 0.934 |
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| 2021 | 3.212 | 2.044 | 1.168 |
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| | volume |
| Large sawlog | 1343 |
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| Small sawlog | 827 |
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| Stakewood | 67 |
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| Pulpwood | 819 |
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| Roundwood for use as biomass | 155 |
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Table 1A Total Roundwood Purchases 2021
Table 1B Coniferous Roundwood Purchases 2021
Table 1C Non-coniferous Roundwood Purchases 2021
Table 1D Roundwood Purchases From Publicly-owned Forests 2021
Table 1E Roundwood Purchases From Privately-owned Forests 2021
Table 1F Non-roundwood Purchases 2021
Table 2A Total Roundwood and Non-roundwood Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 tonnes)
Table 2B Coniferous Roundwood Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 tonnes)
Table 2C Non-coniferous Roundwood Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 tonnes)
Table 2D Roundwood Purchases from Publicly-owned Forests by Product 2021 ('000 tonnes)
Table 2E Roundwood Purchases from Privately-owned Forests by Product 2021 ('000 tonnes)
Table 2F Non-roundwood Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 tonnes)
Table 3A Total Roundwood Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 cubic metres)
Table 3B Roundwood Coniferous Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 cubic metres)
Table 3C Roundwood Non-coniferous Purchases by Product 2021 ('000 cubic metres)
Table 3D Roundwood Purchases from Publicly-owned Forests by Product 2021 ('000 cubic metres)
Table 3E Roundwood Purchases from Privately-owned Forests by Product 2021 ('000 cubic metres)
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Statistician's Comment
Commenting on the release Niamh Shanahan, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said:
"In 2021 the volume of roundwood input purchases by industry was at 3.2 million cubic metres (see Table 1A). This is an increase of 4.8% compared with 2020 purchases of 3.1 million cubic metres.
Roundwood purchases from publicly-owned forests made up 64% (two million cubic metres) of 2021 purchases with the remainder from privately-owned forests (see Figure 1, Tables 1D and 1E).
Large sawlog accounted for the highest proportion of roundwood purchase volume at approximately 42% in 2021, followed by small sawlog (26%) and pulpwood (25%) (see Figure 2 and Table 3A). Approximately 5% of roundwood purchases were for use as biomass.
In 2021, purchases of non-roundwood products such as brash and tree stumps, woodchip and sawdust totalled 487 thousand tonnes (see Tables 1F and 2F)."