austria

Price indices increased

Article by Martina Nöstler (translated by Eva Guzely) | 17.03.2020 - 09:10

According to the Austrian timber industry association, the log and sawn timber price indices saw a month-on-month increase in January.

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In January 2020, the log price index reached 107.3% (January 2001 = 100%). Compared to December 2019, this is an increase of 5.1 percentage points. Since September 2019 (95.6%), the Austrian log price index has seen a constant increase after months of decreases. This is according to the Austrian timber industry association. In January 2019, the index was at 113.6%.

The sawn timber price index also recorded a slight increase of 2.3 points compared to the previous month and reached 113.6% in January 2020. A year ago, the association reported a value of 126.6%.

In our Datacube, you can find the development of log and sawn timber price indices since 2001.

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