Timber Price Indices for Great Britain, Data to March 2017

National Statistics on Timber Price Indices released by the UK Forestry Commission on 18 May 2017. The data presents two primary indices for Great Britain: the Coniferous Standing Sales Price Index and the Softwood Sawlog Price Index. It is based on sales by the Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales.

Use Cases

• Modeling commodity price trends based on coniferous standing sales price data.
• Analyzing market fluctuations in the forestry sector based on softwood sawlog price indices.
• Forecasting timber supply costs for construction and manufacturing industries based on the price index series.
• Assessing the economic impact of forestry policies based on official sales statistics.

Strengths

• Official National Statistics produced by the Forestry Commission.
• Data includes two distinct price indices for detailed market analysis.
• Released according to arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size 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 and Natural Resources Wales.

Collection Method

Based on sales by the Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales.

Time Range

Data to March 2017.

Freshness

Data is presented to March 2017.

Geography

Great Britain.