In the first five months of 2014, German sawn pine lumber exports have increased by more than 30 percent both in volume and value. This is mainly due higher shipments to Germany's main customer, China, but also to large shipments to Egypt. In Europe, deliveries to the Netherlands went up by 53 percent in volume, while those to Belgium increased by almost 90 percent. Exports to Poland and the Czech Republic kept rather stable with minor increases.
The average export price went up by 3,5 percent to EUR 177.42 per cubic meter (January-May 2013: EUR 171.55/cbm). Among the main importing countries of German sawn pine, the highest delivery price was to Japan (EUR 220.34/cbm) and the United Kingdom (EUR 206.98/cbm). The cheapest pine was sold to Belgium (EUR 150,01/cbm), Italy (EUR 152.88/cbm) and Poland (EUR 158.49/cbm).
Germany: Sawn Pine Lumber, lengthwise; Export; Top 10 Destinations |
In volume (m3) | ||||
May 2013 |
May 2014 |
Jan.-May 2013 |
Jan.-May 2014 |
Change in %; Jan.-May 2013 to 2014 | |
China | 14,014 | 17,882 | 53,870 | 82,532 | 34,80% |
Egypt | 0 | 21,414 | 2,491 | 68,959 | % |
Netherlands | 8,342 | 11,366 | 38,984 | 59,709 | 53,16% |
Japan | 9,538 | 9,892 | 34,951 | 39,724 | 13,65% |
Belgium | 3,433 | 6,565 | 18,633 | 35,289 | 89,38% |
Poland | 7,450 | 5,454 | 30,904 | 31,737 | 2,69% |
Italy | 6,136 | 6,976 | 26,098 | 29,212 | 11,93% |
India | 12,556 | 7,184 | 52,251 | 28,959 | -44,57% |
Czech Republic | 3,938 | 2,992 | 14,764 | 14,945 | 1,28% |
United Kingdom | 2,728 | 3,426 | 14,788 | 13,750 | 7,01% |
Others | 38,804 | 30,451 | 153,751 | 170,353 | 10,79% |
TOTAL | 106,939 | 123,602 | 441,485 | 575,169 | 30,28% |
Germany: Sawn pine, lengthwise; Export; Top 10 Destinations | In value (€) | ||||
May 2013 |
May 2014 |
Jan.-May 2013 |
Jan.-May 2014 |
Change in %; Jan.-May 2013 to 2014 | |
China | 2,487,000 | 3,070,000 | 9,362,000 | 14,288,000 | 52,61% |
Egypt | 0 | 3,786,000 | 409,000 | 12,026,000 | % |
Netherlands | 1,390,000 | 1,989,000 | 6,356,000 | 10,202,000 | 60,50% |
Japan | 2,023,000 | 2,073,000 | 7,403,000 | 8,753,000 | 18,23% |
Belgium | 530,000 | 993,000 | 2,682,000 | 5,294,000 | 49,33% |
Poland | 1,215,000 | 822,000 | 4,937,000 | 5,030,000 | 1,88% |
India | 1,967,000 | 1,237,000 | 8,230,000 | 4,956,000 | -39,78% |
Italy | 906,000 | 1,075,000 | 3,818,000 | 4,466,000 | 16,97% |
France | 785,000 | 508,000 | 3,345,000 | 3,346,000 | 0% |
United Kingdom | 507,000 | 698,000 | 2,764,000 | 2,846,000 | 2,96% |
Others | 6,933,000 | 5,702,000 | 26,434,000 | 30,843,000 | 16,67% |
TOTAL | 18,743,000 | 21,953,000 | 75,740,000 | 102,050,000 | 34,73% |