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Wood production. By species. Provinces

Wood production. By species. Provinces 2008
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 258,048 200,371 151,525 4,457 614,401
Conifers 233,460 133,626 144,650 4,455 516,191
Fir 1,498 6,457 14,354 0 22,309
Aleppo pine 40,864 22,047 1,823 2,604 67,338
Monterey pine 2,779 24,438 240 0 27,457
Mountain pine 1,425 747 17,305 0 19,477
Stone pine 11,616 11,572 0 0 23,188
Scots pine 123,326 41,324 33,857 1,006 199,513
European black pine 49,565 4,865 63,786 845 119,061
Maritime pine 2,366 20,219 6 0 22,591
Other conifers 21 1,957 13,279 0 15,257
Broad leaved 24,588 66,745 6,875 2 98,210
Holm oak and cork oak 204 1,853 45 0 2,102
Birch 0 39 0 0 39
Chestnut 2,597 5,558 0 0 8,155
Eucalyptus 0 16,880 0 0 16,880
Common beech 9,827 1,525 251 0 11,603
Fraxinus 104 784 57 0 945
Elm 0 7 0 0 7
Plane 1,791 3,472 0 0 5,263
Populus 8,610 34,923 6,468 2 50,003
Black locust 465 698 0 0 1,163
Oak 149 159 6 0 314
Alder 840 731 35 0 1,606
Other broad leaved 1 116 13 0 130
Units: Cubic metres with bark.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge.
Note: Data refers to authorised exploitations.

Last update: May 3, 2010. Revised series on November 25, 2022.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

According to what Law 6/1988, on forestry in Catalonia, forest harvesting must be used according to the persistence, conservation and wooded areas improvement principles. To do so, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food performs the annual programme for the forest uses and improvements, that includes all the uses (timber, fuel wood, game, pasture, truffles, etc.) to be performed in the current year in the public wooden areas in Catalonia. This programme is intended to achieve the sustainability, conservation and improvement of the wooded areas and to make compatible the forest economic performance with the conservation of habitats and species living in them.

In addition, each year the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food, and the Natural Environment draws up a list of the public sector supply of timber and fuelwood in Catalonia, taking into account the forecasts of the annual harvesting and improvements programmes, with the aim of publishing the forecast harvests.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".