Commercial roundwood removals

Industrial roundwood

All commercial roundwood removal except wood for fuel.

Gross value of industrial wood

Value of the wood at the place of delivery to buyer (road, factory yard etc.). Roadside delivery make up the majority.

Assortments

Preliminary figures are published according to the following assortment classification:

• Spruce sawlogs
• Spruce mixed sawlogs and pulpwood
• Spruce pulpwood
• Pine sawlogs
• Pine mixed sawlogs and pulpwood
• Pine pulpwood
• Broadleaf special and sawlogs
• Broadleaf pulpwood

From 2017 onwards, final figures have been published according to the following assortment classification:

• Spruce special logs
• Spruce sawlogs
• Spruce mixed sawlogs and pulpwood
• Spruce pulpwood
• Spruce other roundwood
• Pine special logs
• Pine sawlogs
• Pine mixed sawlogs and pulpwood
• Pine pulpwood
• Pine other roundwood
• Broadleaf special and sawlogs
• Broadleaf pulpwood

Assortments used before 2012

• Special timber includes poles, veneer logs, saw logs of veneer quality, and other timber of special high quality.
• First class saw logs refer to saw logs classified as first class according to measurement regulations. From 2012 first class saw logs is an outgoing assortment.
• Second class saw logs refer to saw logs classified as second class according to measurement regulations. From 2012 second class saw logs is a outgoing assortment.
• Other saw logs comprise ordinary top-scaled and mid-scaled saw logs and other logs suitable for sawing, not measured in quality classes. From 2014, Other saw logs comprises all quantities of industrial saw logs.
• Unsorted saw logs and pulpwood comprise timber measured in tree length, wood sold as stumpage and other unsorted roundwood containing both saw logs and pulpwood. First and second class of saw logs is outgoing. From 2012 the most of saw logs are included in Unsorted saw logs.
• Pulpwood comprises roundwood generally used in the pulp industries and the fibreboard and particle board industries. Top-scaled timber (timber suitable for sawing) used in these industries is not included.
• Other roundwood comprises roundwood used for manufacture of cases and casks, pitprops and mining timber, pilings, fence wood, posts etc.
• Wood fuel refers to roundwood sold for fuel.

Buyer Groups (not in use from 2015)

• Sawmills and wood industries comprise sawmills, manufacture of cases and casks, and prefabrication of wooden houses and wooden structures.
• Pulp industries include the manufacture of mechanical and chemical pulp.
• Fibre and particle board industries comprise wallboard and particle board production only.
• Other Norwegian buyers comprise wood preserving industries, the manufacture of wood furniture and fixtures, charcoal, wood flour, wood wool, veneer and flooring, matches, ship and boat-building as well as all other buyers not included in other groups. Until 1998, wood for export was included.
• Foreign buyers include sawmills, industry or other buyers outside Norway. These buyers were included in "Other buyers" until 1998.

Tree species and assortment used by commercial roundwood removals