Roundwood removals decreased 4% from 4.3 million cubic metres in 2021 to 4.1 million cubic metres in 2022.
The total value of roundwood removals was €251 million in 2022, an 11% increase from €227 million in 2021.
Removals from privately-owned forest was 1.8 million cubic metres in 2022, a 16% decrease from 2.1 million cubic metres in 2021.
In 2022 removals from public forests comprised 57% of the total removals volume, compared with 52% in 2021.
Coniferous roundwood accounted for over 99% of removals in 2022.
Large sawlog accounted for the highest proportion of roundwood removals volume at 38% in 2022, followed by pulpwood (27%) and small sawlog (26%).
In the publicly-owned forest category, only removals of publicly-owned trees are included. See Background Notes for product definitions.
Note: A link to the survey questionnaire is available in the Background Notes.
| Total Removals | Removals from publicly-owned forests | Removals from privately-owned forests | |
| 2015 | 3.312 | 2.235 | 1.077 |
| 2016 | 3.445 | 2.59 | 0.856 |
| 2017 | 3.698 | 2.592 | 1.106 |
| 2018 | 3.834 | 2.529 | 1.305 |
| 2019 | 4.007 | 2.72 | 1.288 |
| 2020 | 3.914 | 2.336 | 1.578 |
| 2021 | 4.333 | 2.235 | 2.098 |
| 2022 | 4.141 | 2.375 | 1.767 |
| volume | |
| Large sawlog | 1580 |
| Small sawlog | 1068 |
| Stakewood | 120 |
| Pulpwood | 1109 |
| Fuelwood | 217 |
| Roundwood for use as biomass | 47 |
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (19 July 2023) published Forest Wood Removals 2022.
Commenting on the release Niamh Shanahan, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "In 2022 the volume of roundwood removals was 4.1 million cubic metres (See Table 1A). This was a decrease of 4% compared with 2021 roundwood removals of 4.3 million cubic metres. Removals from privately-owned forests decreased 16% compared with 2021, while removals from publicly-owned forests increased by 6%. Coniferous roundwood accounted for 99% of removals in 2022 (See Table 1B).
Removals from publicly-owned forests made up 57% of 2022 roundwood removals volume (2.4 million cubic metres) with the remainder from privately-owned forests (See Figure 1, Tables 1D, and 1E). In 2021, removals from publicly-owned forests comprised 52% of the total removals volume.
The total value of removals in 2022 was €251 million which was an 11% increase from 2021 (See Table 1A). This contrasted with the 4% decrease in removals volume.
Large sawlog accounted for the highest proportion of roundwood removals volume at 38% in 2022, followed by pulpwood (27%) and small sawlog (26%) (See Figure 2 and Table 3A). In 2021, large sawlog contributed to 40% of roundwood removals with small sawlog at 26% and pulpwood at 25%. These three products contributed to around 91% of annual roundwood removals volume."