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More roundwood sales – falling prices
A total of nearly 8.9 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in 2012; an increase of 350 000 cubic metres from 2011. The average price decreased by 11 per cent in the same period.
| 2012 | Price change, per cent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 cubic metres | NOK per cubic metre | 2011 - 2012 | 2007 - 2012 | |
| Total | 8 854 | 325 | -11 | -13 |
| Spruce | ||||
| Saw logs | 3 126 | 395 | -8 | -21 |
| Pulpwood | 3 334 | 252 | -15 | 5 |
| Unsorted saw logs | 196 | 309 | -7 | -14 |
| Pine | ||||
| Saw logs | 1 201 | 405 | -8 | -17 |
| Pulpwood | 865 | 245 | -14 | 17 |
| Unsorted saw logs | 11 | 323 | -4 | -15 |
| Broad-leaved | ||||
| Saw logs | 2 | 479 | 18 | 15 |
| Pulpwood | 118 | 273 | 22 | 27 |
| Unsorted saw logs | .. | .. | .. | .. |
The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to industry in 2012 totalled NOK 2.9 billion. According to preliminary calculations, forest owners obtained an average price of NOK 315 per cubic metre, compared with NOK 364 in 2011.
The county of Hedmark had the highest increase in annual removals, with 240 000 cubic metres. Almost a third of the total removals for the country as a whole were carried out in this county.
Increase in the fourth quarter
Commercial roundwood removals totalled 2.1 million cubic metres in the 4th quarter of 2012. This was an increase of 30 000 cubic metres compared with the corresponding quarter in the previous year. The average price decreased from NOK 357 per cubic metre from the fourth quarter in 2011 to NOK 315 in the same period in 2012.
Contact
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Hanne Berit Haanæs
E-mail: hanne.berit.haanas@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 62 88 52 38
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Trond Amund Steinset
E-mail: trond.amund.steinset@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 62 88 55 82
