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More timber cut despite falling prices
A total of 2.9 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in the second quarter of 2016. This is an increase of 8 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter of 2015. In the same period, the average timber price decreased by 5 per cent.
2nd quarter 2016 | Price change, per cent | |||
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1000 cubic metres | NOK per cubic metre | 2nd quarter 2015 - 2nd quarter 2016 | 2nd quarter 2013 - 2nd quarter 2016 | |
Total | 2 920 | 321 | -5.3 | 5.9 |
Spruce | ||||
Saw logs | 1 143 | 420 | -3.4 | 12.3 |
Pulpwood | 884 | 197 | -3.0 | -7.9 |
Unsorted saw logs | 105 | 278 | -9.4 | -2.1 |
Pine | ||||
Saw logs | 420 | 432 | -4.6 | 10.8 |
Pulpwood | 295 | 190 | -2.1 | -7.8 |
Unsorted saw logs | 24 | 233 | -10.0 | : |
Broad-leaved | ||||
Saw logs | 2 | 291 | -23.6 | -2.7 |
Pulpwood | 48 | 200 | -1.5 | -16.7 |
Unsorted saw logs | .. | .. | .. | .. |
!["Figure 1. Quantity cut of industrial roundwood for sale. All species of tree. Selected counties "Figure 1. Quantity cut of industrial roundwood for sale. All species of tree. Selected counties](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/skogav/kvartal/_image/274146.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1564f7d77f0)
![Figure 2. Average price per cubic metre industrial roundwood for sale Figure 2. Average price per cubic metre industrial roundwood for sale](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/skogav/kvartal/_image/274144.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1564f7d7408)
![Figure 3. Average price per cubic metre and quantity cut of industrial roundwood for sale Figure 3. Average price per cubic metre and quantity cut of industrial roundwood for sale](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/skogav/kvartal/_image/274145.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1564f7d7408)
The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 937 million in the second quarter of 2016; an increase of NOK 24 million compared with the second quarter of 2015. On average, the forest owners obtained NOK 321 per cubic metre of timber, a decrease of NOK 18.
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Terje Olav Rundtom
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