Sawnwood Production by Country

This map shows sawnwood production details by country.

In the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, timber is a term used for sawn wood products, such as floor boards, whereas generally in the United States and Canada, it refers to standing or felled trees, before they are milled into boards referred to as lumber.

Timber is also used there to describe sawn lumber not less than 5 inches (127 mm) in its smallest dimension.An example of the latter is often partially finished lumber used in timber-frame construction.

In the United Kingdom, the word lumber is rarely used in relation to wood and timber is almost universally used in its place; lumber does, however, have several other meanings in the UK, including unused or unwanted items.