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Sharp increase in timber felling
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2015-01-22T10:00:00.000Z
Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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skogav, Commercial roundwood removals, timber price, quantity timber cut, felling, forest waste, spruce, pine, broad-leaved trees, firewood, pulp wood, saw logsForestry , Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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Commercial roundwood removals. Increased roundwood sales and prices.

Commercial roundwood removals, 2014, preliminary figures

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Sharp increase in timber felling

A total of 9.8 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in 2014; an increase of 920 000 cubic metres from 2013. This is the highest quantity of timber that has been cut since the end of the 1980s. The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 3.4 billion in 2014.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 22 January 2015
2014Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre2013 - 20142009 - 2014
Total9 8093461213
Spruce
Saw logs3 9774501617
Pulpwood2 999210-4-14
Unsorted saw logs37332183
Pine
Saw logs1 3254641617
Pulpwood938198-3-9
Unsorted saw logs56270-18-13
Broad-leaved
Saw logs33544-16
Pulpwood138225513
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

Increase in average prices

According to preliminary calculations, forest owners obtained an average price of NOK 346 per cubic metre sold in 2014, compared with NOK 309 in 2013. The average price per cubic metre of saw logs of spruce and pine increased by NOK 62 and NOK 64 respectively. In the same period, the average price of pulpwood of spruce and pine decreased by NOK 9 and NOK 7 respectively.