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Wood and fireword production. By ownership. Provinces

Wood and firewood production. By ownership. Provinces 2017
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Wood production (cubic metres with bark) 292,377 272,114 166,309 50,449 781,250
Generalitat de Catalunya 6,155 2,440 6,377 188 15,160
Conifers 6,155 1,713 6,377 188 14,433
Broad leaved 0 727 0 0 727
Local entities 12,284 6,516 61,083 0 79,883
Conifers 12,284 6,036 61,083 0 79,403
Broad leaved 0 480 0 0 480
Private property 273,938 263,158 98,849 50,261 686,207
Conifers 266,097 217,441 96,396 50,248 630,182
Broad leaved 7,841 45,717 2,453 14 56,025
Firewood production (Tons) 97,116 99,486 21,981 11,860 230,444
Generalitat de Catalunya 149 0 0 7 156
Conifers 16 0 0 7 23
Broad leaved 133 0 0 0 133
Local entities 788 0 955 0 1,743
Conifers 96 0 0 0 96
Broad leaved 692 0 955 0 1,647
Private property 96,179 99,486 21,026 11,853 228,544
Conifers 27,054 8,194 2,698 9,051 46,998
Broad leaved 69,125 91,292 18,328 2,802 181,547
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: Private property: data refers to authorised exploitations.

Last update: October 11, 2018. 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 "..".