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Stable timber cuts and falling prices
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2013-10-18T10:00:00.000Z
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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, Q3 2013, preliminary figures

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Stable timber cuts and falling prices

A total of 2.1 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the third quarter of 2013. This is the same as in 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 18 October 2013
3rd quarter 2013Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre3rd quarter 2012 - 3rd quarter 20133rd quarter 2010 - 3rd quarter 2013
Total2 100293-8.4-18.8
 
Spruce
Saw logs752388-4.7-16.4
Pulpwood822208-17.5-20.0
Unsorted saw logs31290-8.8-21.4
Pine
Saw logs218392-3.0-14.6
Pulpwood228205-14.2-16.0
Unsorted saw logs2:::
Broad-leaved
Saw logs0408-5.83.3
Pulpwood46213-4.52.4
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

In the third quarter of 2013, the aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 615 million; 9 per cent less than in the corresponding quarter in 2012. According to preliminary calculations, the forest owner obtained NOK 293 per cubic metre; a decrease of NOK 27 compared with the third quarter of 2012. The average price per cubic metre of pulpwood of spruce and pine decreased by NOK 44 and NOK 34 respectively. In the same period, the average price of saw logs of spruce and pine decreased by NOK 19 and NOK 12 respectively.