German wood price index for wooden packaging partly rising in March 2023

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The monthly price index for sawn timber and wood-based materials for wooden packaging and pallets showed different developments in March 2023 compared to the previous month. The index of solid wood for wooden pallets decreased by 0,5% compared to Febuary, when it had increased by 1.1%. With a status of 339 points, the characteristic value determined by the Federal Association of Wooden Packaging - Pallets - Export Packaging (HPE) in cooperation with the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn was 24.8% below the previous year's value.

The index for solid wood for wooden packaging increased by 2.9% to a level of 221.6 points - after a minus of 1.3% in Febuary. Compared to March 2022, this resulted in a decrease of 20.6%.

In March 2023, the index for packaging plywood increased - by 1.1% to the level of 227.1 points. The index was thus 15.4% below the previous year's figure.

With a decrease of 1.4% compared to Febuary to 121.5 points, OSB for packaging decreased a little less. Compared to the index level in March 2022, there is a minus of 36.1%.

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