Germany: Beech log exports in December 2008 and full year 2008

  • March 17, 2009
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With a total volume of 27,890 m3 in December, German exports of beech logs were right between the September ’08 and the October ’08 levels. The highest export volume in the second half of 2008 was reached in September (34,000 m3) and the lowest in October (17,900 m3).
In the first half of 2008, exports soared in April (105,000 m3), while the lowest exports were recorded in January and May with 67,000 m3 each. Beech log exports narrowed by 16% in 2008, to 635,700 m3. The biggest drops were recorded by volumes exported to Sweden (-45,600 m3) and China (-44,300 m3). In terms of percentage, deliveries to Poland and Italy saw the biggest declines, plunging by 48,8% and 37%, respectively.


Beech raw wood, saw log,
m3 - Export

Volume (m3) Value (Mil. €)
Dec.
2007
Dec.
2008
Jan-Dec
2007
Jan-Dec
2008
Dec.
2007
Dec.
2008
Jan-Dec
2007
Jan-Dec
2008
Austria
8,562
9,387
132,592
130,363
0.51
0.58
8.35
8.46
China 17,539
8,360
328,472
284,183
2.42
1.00
40.05
34.08
Italy
1,463
3,116
36,707
23,135
0.10
0.34
3.36
2.29
Japan 1,138
2,804
16,806
16,062
0.20
0.53
2.88
2.80
Denmark 2,787
934
38,047
32,842
0.20
0.07
2.63
2.43
France
593
655
4,556
4,405
0.09
0.06
0.48
0.40
Sweden 6,283
615
146,553
100,976
0.43
0.05
10.01
7.70
Czech Republic
1,804
468
9,820
6,894
0.15
0.03
0.93
0.57
Vietnam 264
422
10,644
8,568
0.02
0.05
1.40
0.84
Netherlands
181
301
1,928
4,360
0.02
0.02
0.15
0.30
India 157
287
2,065
3,454
0.02
0.03
0.29
0.48
Poland
257
153
10,522
5,389
0.02
0.03
1.46
0.57
Pakistan
-
131
355
538
-
0.01
0.05
0.06
TOTAL
42,148
27,888
760,525
635,734
4.37
2.85
75.17
63.22