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One in nine forest properties cut timber for sale
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2014-09-30T10:00:00.000Z
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Forest properties, 2013

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One in nine forest properties cut timber for sale

In 2013, timber was cut for sale on 14 300 forest properties. During the last 10-year period, 37 per cent of the forest properties sold timber.

Forest properties.Published 30 September 2014
2013
Number of propertiesShareProductive forest areaShare
In total128 641100.070 264 345100.0
Productive forest area in decares
25-99 decares44 08834.32 466 3433.5
100-249 decares33 91926.45 544 1787.9
250-499 decares22 26117.37 912 77311.3
500-999 decares15 65512.110 952 69615.6
1 000-1 999 decares7 9436.210 919 45515.5
2 000-4 999 decares3 5672.810 520 46315.0
5 000-19 999 decares9790.88 600 03012.2
20 000 decares or more2290.213 348 40719.0

Source: Statistics Norway

The activity level varied considerably between the counties. Forest owners in the county of Hedmark were the most active, with more than one in four forest properties carrying out commercial roundwood removals. In the western part of Norway, 6 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 47 100 forest properties have sold timber at least once in the last 10-year period. In the county of Hedmark, 65 per cent of the properties cut timber for sale during the last ten years.

Average property size 55 hectares

In 2013, there were 128 600 forest properties with a productive forest area of 2.5 hectares or more in Norway. The average property size was 55 hectares. The total registered productive forest area amounted to 7.03 million hectares. A total of 34 700 of the forest properties are owned by a person who also runs an agricultural holding. In 2013, average commercial round wood removals per property were 640 cubic metres.

The Forest Trust Fund grows

In the beginning of 2014, forest owners had set aside NOK 1 189 million in the Forest Trust Fund – which is 128 million more than in the previous year.

New data from 2011Open and readClose

As from 2011, the number of forest properties and productive forest area is based on new cartographic data analyses and data on owners and properties from the cadastre in combination with data from the Farm register. In addition, the statistics are built on data from several administrative registers.