Description of the contract
To identify actions for local supply chain development, including scoping the
potential for an initiative for Wales, similar to the Association of Scottish Hardwood
Sawmillers (ASHS) , to benefit local businesses including farmers and small
woodland owners, foresters, local sawmillers and furniture makers.
• Undertake a desk top review of existing data and prepare gap analysis.
• Compile availability and volumes of timber in Wales and the volumes sold annually.
• List the active sawmills in Wales.
• Assess the value-added operations of sawmills.
• Map the flow of timber harvested in Wales by species through the supply
• chain
• Detail challenges of small mills
• Assess the sawmill waste/by-product sales and assess the potential for higher value use
• Explore the potential for setting up a Welsh equivalent of the Association
• of Scottish Hardwood Sawmillers
• Explore potential opportunities for development of the local timber supply
• chain
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