Hakan Svensson, president of Södra Timber © Södra, Andreas Lindholm

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Södra raises the market price of birch sawn timber

Article by Martina Nöstler (edited for Timber-Online) | 19.02.2015 - 08:30

Healthy level of incoming orders

Södra has raised the price of birch sawn timber by SEK 100 per cubic metre. “We have a healthy level of incoming orders and many inquiries, prompting our decision to raise the price,” said Håkan Svensson, President of the Södra Wood business area. Birch is primarily used in furniture, flooring and cabinet-making. “However, Södra is having difficulties securing sufficient volumes of birch raw material. We therefore raised the price of birch logs by SEK 30 per cubic meter. We hope that this will boost birch harvesting and supply so that we can manufacture our much-sought-after products. At present, we cannot supply all customers who have expressed an interest,” Svensson added.