Germany

Softwood lumber production as weak as most recently in 2019

Article by Jakob Wassermann (automatically translated) | 01.07.2024 - 15:02
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In the 1st quarter of 2024, Germany produced 5.7 million m³ of softwood sawn timber and planed timber. Production was last at a similarly low level in 2019. Compared to the same period last year, the production of softwood sawn timber fell by 7%.

Compared to the 4th quarter of 2023, softwood sawn timber production increased by 6%. The increase from the 4th quarter of 2022 to the 1st quarter of the previous year was 9% in comparison.

Data come from Destatis. The development back to 1984 can be found in the Datacube

Softwood lumber production volumes Germany 1st quarter 2024
Softwood sawn timber incl. planed timber in 1,000 m³, spruce, pine, fir, other softwood
Quarter 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1. 5,409 5,655 6,072 6,515 6,562 6,154 5,730
2. 5,935 6,005 6,230 6,873 6,295 5,787
3. 5,912 6,026 6,466 6.335 5,825 5,557
4. 5,524 5,618 6,448 5,614 5,628 5,390
Total 22,780 23,304 25,216 25,337 24,309 22,888