Market assessment by solid structural timber producers in February 2025 (compared to January 2025) © Holzkurier
Thus, sentiment among manufacturers has improved somewhat. Furthermore, a positive development is reported with regard to the order backlog. 29% of manufacturers reported an increase here, while the order backlog remained unchanged at 50% of the surveyed companies. Stock levels of the raw wood (50%) and the end product (64%), too, remained mostly unchanged.
Purchase price index for spruce/fir raw wood was at 136.8% in February, and thus increased by 1.8% month on month and by 16.4% compared to February 2024.
An upward trend can also be observed in all of the sales price indices. The price index for non-visible quality spruce/fir solid structural timber bars sold to timber trade rose by 3.9% month on month to 129.7% in February 2025, while that for sales to direct buyers went up by 1.6% to 124.2%. As for list goods, an index value of 128.5% is recorded for sales to timber trade (+3.5% compared to January) and of 122.1% (+0.6%) for sales to direct buyers.
Franz-Josef Lückge researches the prices and carries out the survey on market assessments among member companies of the association Überwachungsgemeinschaft KVH e.V., Wuppertal.
Solid structural timber ranges and raw wood, February 2025 © Holzkurier
