austria

Higher laminated timber exports

Article by Günther Jauk (adapted for holzkurier.com; translated by Eva Guzely) | 12.03.2020 - 08:37

In 2019, Austrian glulam and CLT exports rose by 4% compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 1.98 million m³. While exports to Italy remained constant at 686,000 m³, those to Germany (484,000 m³; +11%) and France (161,000 m³; +15%) increased.Glulam and CLT volumes exported to the most important foreign market outside of Europe grew as well. Deliveries to Japan rose by 10% to 145,000 m³.

Data are collected by Statistik Austria. As always, you can find more detailed figures in our Datacube.

Austria glulam and CLT exports January – December 2019

Country 2019 2018 Change in %
Italy 685,748 684,331 0.2
Germany 483,938 437,646 10.6
France 160,675 139,203 15.4
Switzerland 156,159 145,341 7.4
Japan 144,741 131,960 9.7
Spain 80,469 77,928 3.3
Belgium 34,583 22,227 55.6
Norway 28,092 43,281 -35.1
Great Britain 27,457 36,649 -25.1
Slovenia 18,801 18,660 0.8
Other countries 159,017 158,943 0
Total 1,979,680 1,896,169 4.4