A total of 10.2 million cubic metres of commercial roundwood were cut for sale in 2015 in Norway; an increase of 390 000 cubic metres from 2014. In the same period, the average purchase price decreased by 4 percent.
| 3rd quarter 2015 | Price change % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 cubic metres | NOK per cubic metre | 2014/2015 | |
| Total | 10,159 | 334 | -4% |
| Spruce | |||
| Sawlogs | 4,047 | 436 | -4% |
| Pulpwood | 3,101 | 203 | -6% |
| Unsorted sawlogs | 403 | 320 | -3% |
| Pine | |||
| Sawlogs | 1,403 | 450 | -3% |
| Pulpwood | 983 | 194 | -2% |
| Unsorted sawlogs | 55 | 253 | -16% |
| Broad-leaved | |||
| Sawlogs | 1 | 382 | 35% |
| Pulpwood | 166 | 202 | -4% |
| Unsorted sawlogs | .. | .. | .. |
| 1 NOK=0,10EUR | |||
Source: Statistics Norway
The quantity of roundwood cut for sale in 2015 is the highest since the end of the 1980s. Norwegian forest owners obtained an average price of NOK 334 per cubic metre (EUR 34) of roundwood sold in 2015, compared with NOK 349 (EUR 36) in 2014.
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- Roundwood removals in Norway
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- Average roundwood prices in Norway
The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry in 2015 in Norway amounted to NOK 3.4 billion (EUR 350 million); a decrease of NOK 17.4 million (EUR 1.7 million).
The major part was spruce
In 2015, spruce made up three quarters of the total removals in Norwegian forests, while pine constituted one quarter. The volume of broad-leaved came to 2 percent.
40% exported
External trade figures show that 4 million cubic metres of roundwood were exported by Norway in 2015, which is 40 percent of all timber cut for sale this year.