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More roundwood sales – falling prices
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2017-01-23T08:00:00.000Z
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Commercial roundwood removals 2016. More roundwood sales – falling prices.

Commercial roundwood removals, 2016, preliminary figures

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More roundwood sales – falling prices

A total of 10.4 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood were cut for sale in 2016; an increase of 186 000 cubic metres compared with 2015. In the same period, the average price decreased by 4 per cent.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 23 January 2017
2016Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre2015 - 20162011 - 2016
Total10 345325-4-10
Spruce
Saw logs4 062430-20
Pulpwood3 147201-5-31
Unsorted saw logs413282-11-15
Pine
Saw logs1 385436-3-2
Pulpwood1 053191-1-33
Unsorted saw logs86241-14-35
Broad-leaved
Saw logs7283-16-37
Pulpwood1922010-34
Unsorted saw logs..---

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Quantity cut of industrial roundwood for sale
Figure 2. Average price per cubic metre industrial roundwood for sale
Figure 3. Change in quantity cut of industrial roundwood for sale from 2015 to 2016*. County
Figure 4. Average price per cubic metre industrial roundwood for sale
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* = preliminary figures

Apart from the working year of 1989/90, the quantity of timber cut for sale in 2016 is the highest on record. The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry in 2016 amounted to NOK 3.4 billion. Forest owners obtained an average price of NOK 325 per cubic metre of roundwood sold, compared with NOK 339 in 2015.

External trade figures show that 3.5 million cubic metres of timber were exported in 2016, which is 34 per cent of all timber cut for sale this year.