Provisional UK woodland creation statistics released

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Forest Research released provisional statistics on UK woodland creation, the official measure of new planting that shapes the long-run domestic softwood resource available to sawmills and pallet producers.
Source attribution
- Source organisation
- Forest Research
- Original date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Published by us
- 17 Sept 2026
Pallet News publishes a short original summary only. Copyright in the original update remains with the publishing organisation.
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