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Timber supply, input costs and alternatives.

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Government updates monthly building materials and components statistics

The Department for Business and Trade refreshed its monthly building materials and components statistics collection, the official series that tracks UK price and availability indices for construction materials including sawn wood and wood-based panels. Pallet makers use the series as a published reference point for input-cost movement rather than a pallet-specific price.

Source GOV.UK (Department for Business and Trade)

Original date 16 Sept 2026

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UK timber and panel imports stayed below last year through the first half of 2026

Timber Development UK reported that the combined volume of the UK's main timber and panel product imports was 3.9% lower in the first half of 2026 than in the same period of 2025, with solid wood down 4.7% and panel products down 2.5%. A March and April improvement did not hold, with May volumes 8% below a year earlier. Figures are TDUK's own statistics.

Source Timber Development UK

Original date 7 Sept 2026

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Forest Research opens its forestry workforce census

Forest Research asked forestry and wood-processing businesses to take part in its workforce census, the official data-gathering exercise behind published estimates of employment across UK forestry, harvesting and sawmilling — the labour base that supplies pallet timber.

Source Forest Research

Original date 11 Aug 2026

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Official timber price indices published with data to March 2026

The Forestry Commission published its Timber Price Indices statistics with data to March 2026, the official series covering standing sales and delivered softwood roundwood prices in Great Britain. It is the standard published reference for movement in the raw-material cost base behind UK pallet timber.

Source GOV.UK (Forestry Commission)

Original date 28 May 2026

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