List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom

This list of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom presents various renewable resources such as crops for food or fuel, livestock and wood with accompanying information being given on its production and trade by the United Kingdom.

Wheat field at Hirsel Law, north of Coldstream

(For non-renewable resources of the United Kingdom see: Coal mining in the United Kingdom, Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom, Mining in the United Kingdom and North Sea oil).

Agriculture in the United Kingdom

image highlighting UK population centres

Crops and livestock (2013)[1] (quantities in thousands of tonnes unless otherwise specified)	Area used (thousands of hectares)	production (in UK)	Imports from the EU	Imports from the rest of the world	Exports to the EU	Exports to the rest of the world
Total Cereals	3 029	20 083	3 942	1 143	1 030	420
Oilseed rape	715	2 128	148	29	429	2
Linseed	35	62	11	2	37	-
Sugar beet	117	1320	422	691	135	98
Peas for harvesting dry	13	48	--	--	--	--
Field beans	118	378	--	--	--	--
Fresh vegetables	131	2,608	1,971	265	76	5
Plants and flowers	20	--	--	--	--	--
Potatoes	139	5 685	--	--	--	--
Fresh Fruit	29	388	1,368	2,193	145	2
Cattle and calves; beef and veal	--	842	224	82	122	5
Pigs and pig meat	--	791	712	10	153	54
Sheep and lambs; mutton and lamb	--	300	18	102	118	1
Poultry and poultry meat	--	1,662	449	30	213	91
Milk (in millions of litres)	--	13 546	132		473
Hen eggs (in millions of dozens)	--	829	152	1	23	-

Timber Stacks

Forestry in the United Kingdom

Wood and pulp (2004)[2]	UK Production	Imports	Exports	Apparent consumption	Units
Sawnwood	2 782	8 647	370	11 059	1,000m³
Woodbased panels	3 533	3 786	511	6 808	1,000m³
Paper & paperboard	6 240	7 442	1 547	12 135	1,000mt

Aquaculture and fishing in the United Kingdom

Fish boxes awaiting loading at Clash harbour

Updated statistics from the UK's Marine Management Organisation on the UK fishing sector show that UK vessels landed 724 thousand tonnes of sea fish in 2017, with a value of £980 million. 290 thousand tonnes of this haul was landed abroad by UK vessels. [3]

Renewable energy in the United Kingdom

In 2013 the United Kingdom had a total of electricity generated from, renewable sources of 53,667 GWh.[4]

The demand for electricity (produced from renewable and non-renewable sources) in the United Kingdom through 2013 measured:
104,124GWh (first quarter), 86,830GWh (second quarter), 83,811GWh (third quarter), 96,457GWh (fourth quarter),[5] producing a total of 371,222GWh (2013).

References

"Agriculture in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Gov.uk. Defra. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
"Imports, exports & apparent consumption of wood products". Forestry.gov.uk. Forestry Commission. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
Marine Management Organisation (27 September 2018). "Fishing industry in 2017 statistics published". gov.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
"Renewable energy in 2013" (PDF). Gov.uk.
"ENERGY TRENDS JUNE 2014: Section 5 – Electricity" (PDF). Gov.uk. p. 41.

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[1] "Agriculture in the United Kingdom" (PDF). Gov.uk. Defra. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

[2] "Imports, exports & apparent consumption of wood products". Forestry.gov.uk. Forestry Commission. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

[3] Marine Management Organisation (27 September 2018). "Fishing industry in 2017 statistics published". gov.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2018.

[4] "Renewable energy in 2013" (PDF). Gov.uk.

[5] "ENERGY TRENDS JUNE 2014: Section 5 – Electricity" (PDF). Gov.uk. p. 41.

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