UK-Grown Timber Production and Primary Processing Statistics for 2018

2018 statistics on UK timber production and primary wood processing, released by the Forestry Commission on 27 September 2018. The data includes UK-wide figures on woodland area, planting, timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, employment, finance, and international forestry, with breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where possible.

Use Cases

• Analyze national timber production volumes based on UK woodland area statistics
• Model economic impact of forestry based on finance and price data
• Assess regional forestry activity based on country-level breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
• Study environmental and climate change factors related to woodland management

Strengths

• Published as official National Statistics approved by the UK Statistics Authority
• Provides geographic breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
• Covers multiple domains including timber, trade, climate change, environment, recreation, and employment

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is from 2018; freshness should be verified for current applications

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Collection Method

Official national statistics collection

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 22:09:16.013106; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom, with regional data for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland