Construction Materials

Monthly Statistics of Building Materials & Components

The latest edition is available here. This publication includes the latest detailed information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand & gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles and ready-mixed concrete.

Previous issues in PDF formats are available via the links below.

Excel versions from April 2008 onwards and back series to 2005 are available here.

In addition, there is annual and quarterly information on the value of total overseas trade in building materials by imports and exports for the United Kingdom.

Apart from price indices and overseas trade, the information is in volume terms for production, deliveries and stocks. It is collected from the producers of each building material.

Information for calculating the price indices is collected by the Office for National Statistics and those relating to building materials are reproduced in this publication. Overseas trade is collected by Customs & Excise from which that relating to the values for building materials is extracted.

For further information about building materials email [email protected]

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Monthly Statement of Bricks, Blocks & Cement

This publication includes the latest information on bricks blocks and cement. The information is a month later than the previous publication but is less detailed.

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Timetable of Publication Dates for Monthly Statistics of Building Materials & Components

In line with the National Statistics Protocol on Release Practices, a publication timetable is given below. Links to the publications will be activated at 09:30 on the day of release.

PDF Version	Release date
December 2009	13 January 2010
November 2009	2 December 2009
October 2009	4 November 2009
September 2009	7 October 2009
August 2009	2 September 2009
July 2009	5 August 2009
June 2009	1 July 2009
May 2009	3 June 2009
April 2009	6 May 2009
March 2009	1 April 2009
February 2009	4 March 2009
January 2009	4 February 2009
December 2008	14 January 2009
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