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Increased sales and prices
A total of 2.3 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the third quarter of 2014; an increase of 10 per cent from the corresponding quarter in 2013. In the same period, the average price per cubic metre of timber increased by 16 per cent.
3rd quarter 2014 | Price change, per cent | |||
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1000 cubic metres | NOK per cubic metre | 3rd quarter 2013 - 3rd quarter 2014 | 3rd quarter 2011 - 3rd quarter 2014 | |
Total | 2 308 | 339 | 15.7 | -5.3 |
Spruce | ||||
Saw logs | 947 | 453 | 16.8 | 4.9 |
Pulpwood | 777 | 211 | 1.4 | -29.2 |
Unsorted saw logs | 77 | 327 | 12.8 | -2.4 |
Pine | ||||
Saw logs | 227 | 470 | 19.9 | 8.5 |
Pulpwood | 227 | 198 | -3.4 | -30.8 |
Unsorted saw logs | 10 | 242 | : | -26.0 |
Broad-leaved | ||||
Saw logs | 1 | : | : | : |
Pulpwood | 42 | 217 | 1.9 | -0.9 |
Unsorted saw logs | .. | .. | .. | .. |
The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 782 million in the third quarter of 2014; an increase of 27 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter in 2013. On average, the forest owners obtained NOK 339 per cubic metre of timber; an increase of NOK 46.
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Terje Olav Rundtom
E-mail: terje.olav.rundtom@ssb.no
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