Oct 12, 2004. /Lesprom Network/. UK Commission on Forestry published the annual statistics ‘Forestry Facts and Figures 2004’. According to the report, the total square occupied by forests in the UK was 2.713 million hectares by March, 31 2004, including: England – 1.115 million hectares, Wales – 285 thousand hectares, Scotland – 1.330 million hectares. In 2003 UK timber-processing enterprises received 7.57 million cub m of timber from the national timber resources in 2003, up 4% compared with the prior period in 2002, including softwood timber supplies – 4.24 million cub m, hardwood timber – 120 thousand cub m. In 2003 timber imports to the UK increased 1.2% to 49.7 million cub m in 2003 compared with the prior period in 2002. Imported raw materials were distributed by sectors as follows: timber-processing up 9% to 19.7 million cub m, pulp production – down 6% to 6.8 million cub m, board and veneer production – down 4% to 8.0 thousand cub m, paper and cardboard – down 2% to 15.2 million cub m. In 2003 UK timber exports declined 2% to 12.6 million cub m in 2003 compared with the prior period in 2002.