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Spruce log price up, hardwood log prices down

Article by Philipp Matzku (adapted for holzkurier.com; translated by Eva Guzely) | 15.07.2021 - 09:24

In May, producer prices of spruce logs and cuttings, B, from German state forests saw a further increase compared to the previous month, whereas oak and beech log prices fell.

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For the month of May, Destatis reports a producer price index of 75.8% for spruce logs (2015 = 100%). This is the highest value since June 2019 (76.3%) and an increase of 6.9 percentage points compared to April. Year on year, the index rose by 11.1 percentage points. The producer price of spruce logs, B, went up 3.7 points compared to April, reaching 80.4%.

In May, beech logs were at 101.1%. In April, they had reached the highest level of this year, i.e. 103%. The oak log index fell by 1.9 percentage points month-on-month to 112.8%. Compared to May 2020, a 2.6% decrease was recorded.

As always, you can find detailed developments in our Datacube in the section Time lines.

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