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Increased timber sales and falling prices
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2013-08-05T10:00:00.000Z
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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, Q2 2013, preliminary figures

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Increased timber sales and falling prices

A total of 2.6 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the second quarter of 2013. This is an increase of 15 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of 2012. In the same period, the average price per cubic metre of timber decreased by 9 per cent.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 5 August 2013
2nd quarter 2013Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre2nd quarter 2012 - 2nd quarter 20132nd quarter 2010 - 2nd quarter 2013
Total2 560303-8.7-12.7
 
Spruce
Saw logs993374-6.0-14.6
Pulpwood891214-17.1-12.7
Unsorted saw logs45284-11.0-14.5
Pine
Saw logs371390-5.3-13.3
Pulpwood223206-18.3-8.0
Unsorted saw logs2:::
Broad-leaved
Saw logs1299-32.0-28.1
Pulpwood33240-16.120.0
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 775 million in the second quarter of 2013; an increase of 5 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2012. In average the forest owners obtained NOK 303 per cubic metre of timber; a decrease of NOK 29.