For the earnings of forest companies, sawlogs are especially important. In 2019, 8.8 million m³ of this assortment were harvested which is a 5% decrease compared to the year before (9.3 million m³).
Last year, the volume of damaged wood rose by 18% to more than 11.7 million m³. This is solely due to softwood of which there were 20% more, i.e. 10.7 million m³ in total. This brings the percentage of damaged wood to 62% in all types of property. Six out of ten logs were thus not part of regular planned logging.
With 58%, the percentage of damaged wood was the lowest in small private forests. There, a total of 11 million m³ were logged of which 6.4 million m³ were damaged wood. In forest companies with more than 200 ha, two thirds of the harvest (total unchanged at 6.2 million m³) were damaged wood (4.1 million m³). Last year, the Austrian Federal Forests (ÖBf) again recorded the highest percentage of damaged wood. In ÖBf forests, logging remained constant at 1.6 million m³. However, the volume of damaged wood increased by 21% to a total of 1.2 million m³. This corresponds to three quarters of overall logging.
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| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total logging | 19.1 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 18.7 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 18.9 |
| softwood | 16.3 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 14.2 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| hardwood | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| Timber | 14.4 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 13.3 |
| softwood timber | 13.5 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 12.3 |
| hardwood timber | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Sawlogs | 11.5 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| sawlogs >20 cm middle diameter | 9.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| Softwood | 9.4 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 8.5 |
| spruce fir | 8.4 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
| pine | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| larch | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Hardwood | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| beech | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| oak | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Small-diameter logs | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| softwood | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| hardwood | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Industrial wood | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| softwood | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| hardwood | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Wood for energy generation | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| softwood | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| firewood | n/s | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| softwood chips | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| hardwood | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| firewood | n/s | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| hardwood chips | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Wood not yet fit for felling | 5.7 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| softwood | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| hardwood | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Damaged wood | 6.3 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| softwood | n/s | 10.0 | 13.0 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| hardwood | n/s | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Third-party logging | 7.5 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
