Commercial roundwood removals, 2001, preliminary figures

The quantity of wood cut for sale rose by 3 per cent, while the value was up 4 per cent. This gives a higher average price per cubic meter than in the year before. In 2001 the forest owner got NOK 327 per cubic meter as compared to NOK 322 in 2000.

Special spruce and pine timber up 19 per cent

About 4 million cubic metres were spruce and pine saw logs. This was 3 per cent more than in 2000. 3.4 million cubic metres were pulpwood, 2 per cent less than the year before. The roundwood cut of special timber of coniferous trees increased by 19 per cent, special and saw logs of broad-leaved trees decreased by 27 per cent, and the cutting of other round timber decreased by 7 per cent.

56 per cent of the timber was purchased by sawmills and the wood products industry, 36 per cent was purchased by the pulp industry in Norway and 5 per cent was exported.

Reported estimates of wood sold as fuel in 2001 totaled 691 000 cubic metres.

Tables:

• Table 1 Commercial roundwood removals. 1 000 m³
• Table 2 Commercial rundwood removals, by assortment-2. 1 000 m³
• Table 3 Commercial roundwood removals. Removed quantity and gross value, by county. 2000 and 2001