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More timber cut and falling prices
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2016-04-20T10:00:00.000Z
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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. More timber cut and falling prices.

Commercial roundwood removals, Q1 2016, preliminary figures

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More timber cut and falling prices

A total of 2.7 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the 1st quarter of 2016. This is an increase of 2 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of 2015. In the same period, the average timber price decreased by 7 per cent.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 20 April 2016
1st quarter 2016Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre1st quarter 2015 - 1st quarter 20161st quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2016
Total2 720326-7.15.2
 
Spruce
Saw logs1 119424-6.410.7
Pulpwood819198-4.8-10.0
Unsorted saw logs105280-15.4-4.1
Pine
Saw logs372437-6.49.8
Pulpwood242188-4.1-11.7
Unsorted saw logs21234-14.0-25.0
Broad-leaved
Saw logs2276:-41.2
Pulpwood42205:-18.3
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 887 million in the 1st quarter of 2016; a decrease of NOK 50 million compared with the same quarter in 2015. On average, the forest owners obtained NOK 326 per cubic metre of timber; a decrease of NOK 25.

Preliminary external trade figures show that 30 per cent of the total quantity cut was exported, predominantly to Sweden and Germany.