Materials
Monthly Statistics of Building Materials & Components
This publication includes the latest detailed information on selected building materials as well as archive material. It 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.
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 materialstats@bis.gov.uk
