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Wood production. By species. Provinces

Wood production. By species. Provinces 2007
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia
Total 230,706 233,611 117,045 6,771 588,133
Conifers 186,695 138,075 111,673 6,762 443,205
Fir 1,960 8,387 1,648 0 11,995
Aleppo pine 47,544 32,424 1,018 3,813 84,799
Monterey pine 8,405 14,104 0 0 22,509
Mountain pine 4,403 2,700 17,906 0 25,009
Stone pine 6,575 18,277 0 0 24,852
Scots pine 82,706 35,998 42,631 1,123 162,458
European black pine 32,701 1,552 48,470 936 83,659
Maritime pine 2,393 23,360 0 890 26,643
Other conifers 8 1,273 0 0 1,281
Broad leaved 44,011 95,536 5,372 9 144,928
Holm oak and cork oak 8,687 4,431 23 2 13,143
Birch 0 49 0 0 49
Chestnut 5,827 15,956 0 0 21,783
Eucalyptus 3,594 15,104 0 0 18,698
Common beech 11,286 7,017 0 0 18,303
Fraxinus 18 2,234 5 0 2,257
Elm 0 8 99 0 107
Plane 2,960 2,918 0 0 5,878
Populus 5,946 44,722 5,123 7 55,798
Black locust 185 266 0 0 451
Oak 4,515 384 9 0 4,908
Alder 985 757 6 0 1,748
Other broad leaved 8 1,690 107 0 1,805
Units: Cubic metres with bark.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge.
Note: Data refers to authorised exploitations.

Last update: June 18, 2009. 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 "..".