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More timber cut despite falling prices
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2016-08-04T10:00:00.000Z
Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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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 in the 2nd quarter of 2016.

Commercial roundwood removals, Q2 2016, preliminary figures

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More timber cut despite falling prices

A total of 2.9 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the second quarter of 2016. This is an increase of 8 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of 2015. In the same period, the average timber price decreased by 5 per cent.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 4 August 2016
2nd quarter 2016Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre2nd quarter 2015 - 2nd quarter 20162nd quarter 2013 - 2nd quarter 2016
Total2 920321-5.35.9
 
Spruce
Saw logs1 143420-3.412.3
Pulpwood884197-3.0-7.9
Unsorted saw logs105278-9.4-2.1
Pine
Saw logs420432-4.610.8
Pulpwood295190-2.1-7.8
Unsorted saw logs24233-10.0:
Broad-leaved
Saw logs2291-23.6-2.7
Pulpwood48200-1.5-16.7
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 937 million in the second quarter of 2016; an increase of NOK 24 million compared with the second quarter of 2015. On average, the forest owners obtained NOK 321 per cubic metre of timber, a decrease of NOK 18.