UK Forestry Trade Statistics for Wood Products, 2019

Forestry Statistics 2019: Trade provides UK import and export data for wood products. The dataset was produced by the Forestry Commission and released as National Statistics on 26 September 2019. It is part of a larger publication covering woodland area, planting, timber, carbon, and other forestry topics.

Use Cases

• Modeling UK trade balances for wood products based on import and export statistics.
• Analyzing the economic impact of the forestry sector based on trade data.
• Benchmarking regional forestry trade performance for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where figures are provided.

Strengths

• Data is designated as official UK National Statistics, approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Statistics are part of a detailed web publication (Forestry Statistics 2019) with an accompanying extract (Forestry Facts & Figures 2019).
• Where possible, figures are provided for the constituent countries of the UK (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission, United Kingdom.

Collection Method

National Statistics compiled and published by the Forestry Commission.

Time Range

2019 (release year).

Freshness

Data reflects the 2019 release; subsequent updates are unknown.

Geography

United Kingdom, with possible breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.