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In the autumn, turnout of stock volumes this year has been especially low. As of 30 September, total stocks of coniferous saw logs, pulpwood and wood chips were estimated at 6.3 million m³. This is a decrease by 18% compared with the same time last year, the Swedish Forest Agency Skogsstyrelsen reports.
The stock of coniferous saw logs is estimated at 2.2 million m³. Compared with the same period last year this is a decline by 21%.
The total stocks of pulpwood amounted to 3.4 million m³ at the end of third quarter – a decline by 18% compared to 2016. The reduced stock volume of pulpwood was in Scots pine/mixed coniferous pulpwood as well as Norway spruce- and broad-leaved pulpwood. The stock volumes decreased in all wood balance regions and in all type of storage locations.
The stock volumes of wood chips were estimated at 0.7 million m³. This is a decline by 15% compared to last year 2016.
