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Fewer properties cut timber for sale
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Forest properties, 2009

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Fewer properties cut timber for sale

In 2009, timber was cut for sale on 12 500 forest properties. This is a 19 per cent decrease compared with the previous year. A larger share than usual of small and middle-sized properties had no logging activity.

Forest properties with commercial roundwood removals, by size class. Per cent. 2009

Commercial roundwood removals and forest properties, by size class. 2009

According to the 2009 Farm Register, there are almost 120 000 forest properties with a productive forest area of 25 decares or more in Norway. About 2 000 of the properties are owned by the government or other impersonal owners. A total of 36 700 of the forest properties are owned by a person who also runs an agricultural holding; 800 fewer than in 2008.

One in ten cut timber for sale

Timber for sale was cut on 12 500 properties, which is 2 900 fewer than in 2008. Forest owners in the county of Buskerud were most active, with one in five properties carrying out commercial roundwood removals. The activity level varied considerably between the counties. In the western part of Norway, between two and four per cent of the forest properties had commercial removals, and in the northern part of the country the figure was even lower. In the country as a whole, a total of 49 300 forest properties sold timber at least once in the last 10-year period.

In 2009, the average commercial roundwood removal per property was 517 cubic metres; a few cubic metres more than in the previous year.

Productive forest area, by municipality. 2009

Average size of forest properties, by county. 2009

Average property size was 577 decares

In 2008, the average property size was 577 decares. At the end of 2009, the total registered productive forest area was 69 million decares.

The Forest Trust Fund grows

At the start of 2009, forest owners had set aside NOK 1.03 billion in the Forest Trust Fund - 64 million more than the previous year. Hedmark forest owners in total had NOK 191 million at their disposal.

Background

The statistics are built on data from several administrative registers, of which the Farm Register is the basis. At the moment, a quality improvement of areas and units in the Farm Register is carried out at municipality level. This results in changes that do not necessarily show the real change from one year to another.

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