For the large softwood sawmills in Germany June 2011 brought a slight recovery in exports of Spruce and Fir lumber. Compared to the same month last year, exports increased by 5% to 352,388 cubic meters. Rise in Austria exports (+ 67%) was particularly obvious. This is probably an effect of Austrian lumber processors who change their buying behavior due to the strong Swiss franc buying now German goods.
For the most important customer countries the following average prices can be calculated from the June figures of the German Federal Statistical Office Destatis: Austria € 119/cbm (ø I-VI/2011: € 154/cbm), France € 204/cbm (204), Italy € 163/cbm (162), Netherlands € 171/cbm (166) and Belgium € 178/cbm (166).
Spruce and Fir Lumber – Export
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Volume (cbm) | Value (million euros) | ||||||
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
|
Austria |
57,565 | 95,984 | 319,439 | 448,737 | 10.04 | 11.38 | 53.05 | 69.47 |
France |
72,061 | 63,223 | 370,164 | 357,867 | 13.89 | 12.89 | 69.65 | 73.13 |
Italy |
31,437 | 35,165 | 220,611 | 214,920 | 4.73 | 5.73 | 32.06 | 34.79 |
Netherlands |
30,691 | 24,215 | 180,046 | 172,944 | 5.09 | 4.14 | 28.43 | 28.76 |
Saudi-Arabia |
21,859 | 17,692 | 96,598 | 51,992 | 3.76 | 3.03 | 14.91 | 8.66 |
Belgium |
20,473 | 17,616 | 142,708 | 98,069 | 3.36 | 3.13 | 21.24 | 16.25 |
Poland | 3,456 | 13,784 | 38,202 | 44,186 | 0.81 | 2.67 | 6.69 | 8.56 |
United Arab Emirates |
6,529 | 11,685 | 56,830 | 69,941 | 1.13 | 2.05 | 8.60 | 11.77 |
Great Britain |
20,665 | 9,605 | 132,567 | 70,839 | 3.87 | 1.98 | 22.56 | 14.18 |
Czech Republic |
11,912 | 7,007 | 41,259 | 30,529 | 1.58 | 1.17 | 6.46 | 4.47 |
Kuwait | 2,447 | 6,685 | 25,371 | 20,575 | 0.40 | 1.16 | 3.78 | 3.47 |
Spain | 2,541 | 5,120 | 21,077 | 20,945 | 0.57 | 0.98 | 3.55 | 3.82 |
Switzerland | 6,451 | 4,487 | 37,745 | 32,203 | 1.28 | 1.11 | 7.63 | 7.21 |
TOTAL |
335,595 | 352,388 | 1,924,420 | 1,846,700 | 59.00 | 58.50 | 317.07 | 322.14 |