With nearly 3.64 million m³, 2% more softwood logs came from the Czech Republic to Austria. Last year, Austria bought considerably less from Germany: 1.74 million m³ correspond to a decline of 14%. Imports from Slovenia also saw a marked decrease of 38% to 702,000 m³.
Due to storm Vaia in October 2018, softwood log imports from Italy rocketed last year. 700,000 m³, i.e. 279% more, were bought from the southern neighbor. In relative terms, imports from Poland saw a strong growth albeit on a lower level (17,000 m³; +104%).
Last year, the strongest month for softwood log imports was September with a volume of 709,000 m³. August was the weakest month with an overall quantity of 469,000 m³.
You can find detailed figures in our Datacube in the section Foreign trade.
Austria softwood log imports (m³) January – December 2019
| Country | 2019 | 2018 | Change in % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 3,635,455 | 3,576,597 | 1.6 |
| Germany | 1,743,890 | 2,016,226 | -13.5 |
| Slovenia | 702,167 | 1,137,718 | -38.3 |
| Italy | 700,311 | 184,912 | 278.7 |
| Slovakia | 120,668 | 127,867 | -5.6 |
| Switzerland | 101,945 | 164,303 | -38 |
| Poland | 17,121 | 8,389 | 104.1 |
| Hungary | 15,215 | 11,078 | 37.3 |
| Croatia | 13,159 | 13,251 | -0.7 |
| Romania | 5,599 | 0 | - |
| Other countries | 5,872 | 1,157 | 407.5 |
| Total | 7,061,402 | 7,241,498 | -2.5 |
