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Sawdust price keeps falling

Article by Günther Jauk (translated by Eva Guzely) | 16.01.2024 - 09:15

In November 2023, the sawdust price index was at 540%. Month on month, the index value fell by around 25 percentage points. Year on year, it decreased by as many as 348 points. In November 2022, the index value was just slightly below the record value of 891% which was recorded in October that year.

The price index for wood chips reached the all-time high of 376% in December 2022 and has fallen by 138 percentage points since then, reaching 238% in November 2023. Compared to October 2023, the index value fell by 2.5 percentage points.

Data are collected and published by the Austrian Timber Industry Association. In our Datacube, you can track the development of the price indices going back to the year 2001.