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More timber cut despite falling prices
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2015-10-22T10:00:00.000Z
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skogav, Commercial roundwood removals, timber price, quantity timber cut, felling, forest waste, spruce, pine, broad-leaved trees, firewood, pulp wood, saw logsForestry , Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
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Commercial roundwood removals. More timber cut and falling prices.

Commercial roundwood removals, Q3 2015, preliminary figures

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More timber cut despite falling prices

A total of 2.3 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the 3rd quarter of 2015. This is an increase of 2 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of 2014. In the same period, the average timber price decreased by 6 per cent.

Commercial roundwood removalsPublished 22 October 2015
3rd quarter 2015Price change, per cent
1000 cubic metresNOK per cubic metre3rd quarter 2014 - 3rd quarter 20153rd quarter 2012 - 3rd quarter 2015
Total2 345319-5.9-0.3
 
Spruce
Saw logs923429-5.35.4
Pulpwood786202-4.3-19.8
Unsorted saw logs111308-5.8-3.1
Pine
Saw logs231434-7.77.4
Pulpwood232194-2.0-18.8
Unsorted saw logs12223-7.9-25.7
Broad-leaved
Saw logs0:::
Pulpwood49196-9.7-12.1
Unsorted saw logs........

Source: Statistics Norway

The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 747 million in the third quarter of 2015; a decrease of NOK 35 million compared with the third quarter in 2014. On average, the forest owners obtained NOK 319 per cubic metre of timber; a decrease of NOK 20.