Germany: Douglas fir log price index stagnating on average

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Alternativtext The German producer price indices for Douglas fir mostly followed a downward trend in May 2022. On average, however, the index for log wood held the level of the previous month of 79 points. B quality decreased by 1.8% to 92.2 points. 3 m lengths recorded a minus of 1.9% to 97.6 points, while 4/5 m lengths fell by 2.4% to 82.4 points.

C ranges reached a level of 66.7 points with a minus of 0.9%. B/C ranges recorded an increase of 1.3% to 77 points.

Alternativtext Douglas fir pulpwood increased in May by 8.6% to 71.8 points. Pine pulpwood recorded an increase of 7.6% to 95.3 points. Spruce pulpwood rose by 0.4% to a value of 95.6 points. The softwood pulpwood index increased by 3.8% to 93.6 points.

Year-on-year the Douglas fir index gained 23.4%, B grades 22.6%. 3m lengths increased by 24.3%, while 4/5m lengths increased by 17.1%. C grades recorded an increase of 18.1%. B/C qualities exceeded the previous year's figure by 25.8%. The Douglas fir pulpwood index was up 33.7% from May 2021.

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Data source: Destatis: producer price indices for the products of logging from the state forests

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