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One in nine cut for sale
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2015-09-22T10:00:00.000Z
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The number of forest properties, forest areas, commercial roundwood removals and type of owner. In 2014, one in nine cut for sale.

Forest properties, 2014

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One in nine cut for sale

In 2014, timber was cut for sale on 13 900 forest properties. On average, 640 cubic metres of roundwood were cut for sale per property. During the last 10-year period, 36 per cent of the forest properties sold timber.

Forest properties.Published 22 September 2015
2014
Number of propertiesShareProductive forest areaShare
In total128 196100.070 296 781100.0
Productive forest area in decares
25-99 decares43 86734.32 453 8583.5
100-249 decares33 77326.45 519 5087.9
250-499 decares22 20617.37 892 76611.2
500-999 decares15 59512.210 911 69815.5
1 000-1 999 decares7 9746.210 972 13915.6
2 000-4 999 decares3 5722.810 534 97215.0
5 000-19 999 decares9810.88 596 86412.2
20 000 decares or more2280.213 414 97619.1

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 five forest properties carrying out commercial roundwood removals. In the western part of Norway, 5 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 46 600 forest properties have sold timber at least once in the last 10-year period.

Average property size 55 hectares

In 2014, there were 128 200 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 34 200 of the forest properties are owned by a person who also runs an agricultural holding. In 2014, average commercial roundwood removals per property were 690 cubic metres.

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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.