United Kingdom

Producer price index has been used.

Graph 1: Roundwood

Domestic coniferous logs (> 0,275 m3 tree size), domestic price.
Coniferous logs, over 0.275 m3 average tree size, public forests, annual prices on the stump, 1964/1989.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM
source :  Adrian Whiteman, Forestry Commission published in “Roundwood price statistics and specifications : data report”, Martti Aarne and Risto Seppälä, The Finish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki 1991, 1964/1989.

Imported non-coniferous sawlogs and veneerlogs, import price.
Unit value : 247.2 sawlogs + veneerlogs (NC), imports, 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine : Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Domestic non-coniferous logs, domestic price.
Non-coniferous logs, delivered, domestic price, 1964/1989.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM
source :  Letter Nr 653 from Adrian Whiteman (25-03-91), Forestry Commission, 1964/1989.

Domestic coniferous pulpwood (< 0,275 m3 tree size), domestic price.
Coniferous pulpwood, to 0.275 m3 average tree size, public forests, annual prices on the stump, 1964/1989.

unité :    GB Pounds/CUM
source:  Adrian Whiteman, Forestry Commission published in “Roundwood price statistics and specifications : data report”, Martti Aarne and Risto Seppälä, The Finish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki 1991, 1964/1989.

Graph 2: Sawnwood

Imported coniferous, import price.
Unit value : 248.2 sawnwood (C), imports, 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine : Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Domestic non-coniferous, domestic price.
Non-coniferous sawnwood, factory gate, domestic price, 1964/1989.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM
source:  Letter Nr 653 from Adrian Whiteman (25-03-91), Forestry Commission, 1964/1989.

Imported non-coniferous, import price.
Unit value : 248.3 sawnwood (NC), imports, 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine : Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Graph 3: Imported panels

Particleboard, import price.
Unit value : 634.32 particleboard, imports, 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine : Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Plywood, import price.
Unit value : EX634 plywood, imports, 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine: Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Fibreboard, import price.
Unit value calculée à partir de 641.6 fibreboard, imports (1000$) et (1000 CUM), 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine: Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Graph 4: Pulp, paper, and paperboard

Imported chemical pulp, bleached sulphate, import price.
Chemical pulp, bleached dry softwood sulphate, import price CIF UK ports, 1966/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ MT
source :  “Forest products prices”, FAO, 1966/1990. (“UK Digest of wood pulp imports and price review”, Johnson, Jorgensen and Wettre, London).

Imported newspaper, import price.
Newspaper, average all sources newsprint, import price CIF, 1966/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ MT
source :  “Forest products prices”, FAO, 1966/1990. (“UK Digest of wood pulp imports and price review”, Johnson, Jorgensen and Wettre, London).

Imported printing and writing paper, import price.
Unit value : 641.2 printg + writg paper, imports, 1961/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM (origine : Dollar/ CUM)
source :  “Yearbook of forest products”, FAO, 1961/1990.

Imported kraftpaper, import price.
Kraftpaper, average all sources kraftliner, import price CIF, 1966/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ MT
source:  “Forest products prices”, FAO, 1966/1990. (“UK Digest of wood pulp imports and price review”, Johnson, Jorgensen and Wettre, London).

Domestic paper and paperboard, domestic price.
Paper and paperboard, delivered, domestic price, 1964/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM
source : Letter Nr 653 from Adrian Whiteman (25-03-91), Forestry Commission, 1964/1990.

Graph 5: Imported coniferous sawnwood

Battens IV, 175 mm from USSR, import price.
Coniferous sawnwood, battens IV, 175 mm, from USSR, Redwood, import price CIF, 1965/1976.
Coniferous sawnwood, from USSR, average import price CIF, 1977/1990.

unité :    GB Pounds/ CUM
source :  “Preise, Löne, Wirtschaftnungen” Reihe 3, Statistiches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden for 1965/1976, and “Overseas Trade Statistics of the UK”, London, for 1977/1990 both published in Timber Bulletin “Monthly prices for forest products Nr 7”.

Pine from Sweden, 63 * 175 mm quality o/s, import price.
Coniferous sawnwood, pine, 63 × 175 mm, o/s, export price from Sweden, 1961/1991.

unité :    GB Pounds/CUM (origine: Swedish Kr/ CUM)
source :  “Skogsstatistisk årsbok”, Export price of roundwood and coniferous sawn timber, 1976 table 71, 1980 and 1992 table 11.8, 1961/1991.

Spruce from Sweden, 63 * 175 mm quality o/s, import price.
Coniferous sawnwood, spruce, 63 × 175 mm, o/s, export price from Sweden, 1961/1991.

unité :    GB Pounds/CUM (origine: Swedish Kr/ CUM)
source :  “Skogsstatistisk årsbok”, Export price of roundwood and coniferous sawn timber, 1976 table 71, 1980 and 1992 table 11.8, 1961/199

United Kingdom

Graph 1: Roundwood

Graph 2: Sawnwood

Graph 3: Imported panels

Graph 4: Pulp, paper, and paperboard

Graph 5: Imported coniferous sawnwood

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE TIMBER COMMITTEE

The Timber Committee is a principal subsidiary body of the ECE (UN Economic Commission for Europe) based in Geneva.It constitutes a forum for cooperation and consultation between member countries on forestry, forest industry and forest product matters.All countries of Europe; the former USSR; United States of America, Canada and Israel are members of the ECE and participate in its work.

The ECE Timber Committee shall, within the context of sustainable development, provide member countries with the information and services needed for policy-and decision-making regarding their forest and forest industry sector (“the sector”), including the trade and use of forest products and, when appropriate, formulate recommendations addressed to member Governments and interested organizations.To this end, it shall:

1. With the active participation of member countries, undertake short-, medium- and longterm analyses of developments in, and having an impact on, the sector, including those offering possibilities for the facilitation of international trade and for enhancing the protection of the environment;

2. In support of these analyses, collect, store and disseminate statistics relating to the sector, and carry out activities to improve their quality and comparability;

3. Provide the framework for cooperation e.g. by organizing seminars, workshops and ad hoc meetings and setting up time-limited ad hoc groups, for the exchange of economic, environmental and technical information between governments and other institutions of member countries that is needed for the development and implementation of policies leading to the sustainable development of the sector and to the protection of the environment in their respective countries;

4. Carry out tasks identified by the UN-ECE or the Timber Committee as being of priority, including the facilitation of subregional cooperation and activities in support of the economies in transition of central and eastern Europe and of the countries of the region that are developing from an economic point of view;

5. It should also keep under review its structure and priorities and cooperate with other international and intergovernmental organizations active in the sector, and in particular with the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and its European Forestry Commission and with the ILO (International Labour Office), in order to ensure complimentarily and to avoid duplication, thereby optimizing the use of resources.

More information about the Committee's work may be obtained by writing to:

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