Barbecues: Charcoal
(asked on 15th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much charcoal for domestic barbecues the UK (a) produces and (b) burns in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
The Forestry Commission collects data from the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire on timber removals and production and trade of wood and wood products. The most recent published statistics from this source are for 2017. The statistics for 2010 to 2017 include the following information on wood charcoal.
Year | UK Production (tonnes) | Imports (tonnes) | Exports (tonnes) |
2010 | 5,000 | 102,000 | 1,000 |
2011 | 5,000 | 62,000 | 2,000 |
2012 | 5,000 | 88,000 | 2,000 |
2013 | 5,000 | 109,000 | 6,000 |
2014 | 5,000 | 118,000 | 11,000 |
2015 | 5,000 | 107,000 | 2,000 |
2016 | 5,000 | 69,000 | 2,000 |
2017 | 5,000 | 86,000 | 3,000 |
Details of the end use for charcoal are not recorded.
Defra proposals to phase out the sale of traditional house coal (and restrict the sale of wet wood for domestic burning) will not affect the sale of charcoal.