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Wood production. By species. Provinces

Wood production. By species. Provinces 2012
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 174,960 238,354 111,647 11,560 536,521
Conifers 154,826 180,092 106,501 11,555 452,974
Fir 0 9 1,525 0 1,534
Aleppo pine 44,541 64,031 13,820 6,000 128,392
Monterey pine 2,626 19,433 0 0 22,059
Mountain pine 4,426 1,900 14,717 0 21,043
Stone pine 6,215 15,733 0 0 21,948
Scots pine 57,148 31,398 35,657 4,702 128,905
European black pine 31,497 5,257 40,727 754 78,235
Maritime pine 4,901 35,798 0 99 40,798
Other conifers 3,472 6,533 55 0 10,060
Broad leaved 20,134 58,262 5,146 5 83,547
Holm oak and cork oak 3,599 334 0 3 3,936
Birch 64 0 0 0 64
Chestnut 1,000 6,426 0 0 7,426
Eucalyptus 3 2,890 0 0 2,893
Common beech 7,754 5,790 0 0 13,544
Fraxinus 27 268 159 0 454
Elm 0 8 0 0 8
Plane 426 5,423 0 2 5,851
Populus 7,046 34,396 2,828 0 44,270
Black locust 23 526 0 0 549
Oak 142 934 8 0 1,084
Alder 50 1,154 0 0 1,204
Other broad leaved 0 113 2,151 0 2,264
Units: Cubic metres with bark.
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.

Last update: April 11, 2014. 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 "..".