SWEDEN

Timber prices increased in the Q2

Article by Fabian Pöschel, translated by Susanne Höfler | 21.08.2018 - 10:11

Prices for sawlogs and pulpwood increased in the Q2. While pulpwood gained 4% compared to the Q1, sawlogs saw a rise of 2%.

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Swedish forestry department "Skogsstyrelsen" collected data indicating that pulpwood showed different developments depending on the harvest area. While prices in the Northern regions increased by 3%, they gained 6% in in Central Sweden and 2% in Southern Sweden.

The somewhat lower price increase for sawlogs is mainly due to the situation in Central Sweden, where the price advance was only 1%.

Compared to the same period last year, pulpwood prices rose 12%, and those for sawlogs 7%.

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