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Lumber price index has fallen

Article by Martina Nöstler (automatically translated) | 29.01.2026 - 13:35

In Sweden, the production price index for softwood lumber and planed timber fell again at the end of 2025.

Statistic Sweden surveyed a lumber price index of 147.7% in December 2025 (base: 2020 = 100%). Compared to November, the pointer value fell by 0.8 percentage points. Compared to December 2024 (144%), however, there is an increase of 3.7 points. At the end of the year, 9.4 points were missing from the annual peak of 157.1% in 2025 in June.

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