Smaller volumes of softwood logs imported

Article by Jakob Wassermann (translated by Eva Guzely) | 08.08.2025 - 08:48

In the first five months, Austria’s softwood lumber imports decreased by 13% to the lowest level in the past eight years. Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only supplying countries from which Austria increased its imports compared to 2024.

According to Statistik Austria, Austria imported 2.3 million m³ of softwood logs from January to May, recording a year-on-year decrease of 358,000 m³ or 13%. As a result, Austrian softwood log imports are now at the lowest level since 2017.

1.1 million m³, i.e. 5% less than in the first five months of 2024, were imported from Germany. Import volumes from the Czech Republic (813,000 m³; -15%), Slovenia (172,000 m³; -15%) and Italy (159,000 m³; -32%) were also much smaller than last year. Austria also reduced its purchases of softwood logs from Switzerland (19,000 m³; -21%).

Slovakia (23,000 m³; +12%) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (2,000 m³; +145%) were the only supplying countries in the Top 10 that saw their deliveries to Austria increase.

In the Datacube, you can find the development of softwood log imports in more detail.