Timber Price Indices

Forest Research produces price inflation statistics from the sale of timber grown on public land in Great Britain. Timber Price Indices are based on sales by Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland and Natural Resources Wales and consist of the Coniferous Standing Sales Price Index and the Softwood Sawlog Price Index. Timber price indices is published biannually (data to 31 March published in May and data to 30 September published in November).

Details

Coverage: Great Britain

Geographical breakdown: None

Published: 22 May 2025

Next update: See the release calendar

Published by: Forest Research Official Statistics team

Email: statistics@forestresearch.gov.uk

Tel: 0300 067 5238

Timber Price Indices: data to March 2025 – Statistical Notice [PDF, 345 KB]

Timber Price Indices: data to March 2025 – Data set [ODS, 110 KB]

Time Series

Quality

A quality report for this publication and a Quality Assurance of Administrative Data report on timber sales can be found in our Quality of Official Statistics page.

Methods

Methodology for the Coniferous Standing Sales Price Index – report

Pre-release access

Information on pre-release access to our official statistics can be found on the pre-release access pages, including lists of the individuals who are given pre-release access to specific publications.

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