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Less timber cut and falling prices
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2013-04-18T10:00:00.000Z
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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, Q1 2013, preliminary figures

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Less timber cut and falling prices

A total of 2.3 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the first quarter of 2013. This is 5 per cent less than in the corresponding quarter of 2012. The average timber price fell by 7 per cent in the same period.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 18 April 2013
1st quarter 2013Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre1st quarter 2012 - 1st quarter 20131st quarter 2010 - 1st quarter 2013
Total2 261310-7.5-10.1
 
Spruce
Saw logs938383-2.0-12.0
Pulpwood837220-17.0-7.6
Unsorted saw logs25292-9.0-17.7
Pine
Saw logs270398-1.0-11.2
Pulpwood163213-16.8-1.8
Unsorted saw logs3312-15.4-3.4
Broad-leaved
Saw logs0469:5.9
Pulpwood24251-23.926.8
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

In the first quarter of 2013, the aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 700 million; 12 per cent less than in the corresponding quarter of 2012. According to preliminary calculations, the forest owners obtained NOK 310 per cubic metre; a decrease of NOK 25 compared with the first quarter of 2012. The average price per cubic metre of pulpwood of spruce and pine decreased by NOK 45 and NOK 43 respectively. In the same period, the average price of saw logs of spruce and pine decreased by NOK 8 and NOK 4 respectively.