Germany: Planed Spruce Lumber Exports in March 2011

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In March 2011, exports of planed Spruce lumber have increased considerably and leveled the weak deliveries in January and February 2011. For the first Quarter of 2011, exports showed an increase of 14% to 140,000 m³. The average prices over all destinations rose by 16% to € 233/m³ in the third month. This effect can attributed to an increased export of higher-priced goods to the U.S.. There is strong growth in shipments to the Netherlands.
For the most important export countries, the following average prices can be calculated from the January figures: U.S. € 275 €/m³ (ø I-XII/2010: € 215/m³), Netherlands € 173 €/m³ (196), Austria € 260/m³ (229), Australia € 260 /m³ (249), Switzerland € 317/m³ (316), Belgium € 228/m³ (220) and UK € 204/m³ (202).

Spruce, Fir, planed, - Exports
Volume (m³) Value (million euros)
Mar
2010
Mar
2011
Q1
2010
Q1
2011
Mar
2010
Mar
2011
Q1
2010
Q1
2011
U.S.
3,961
11,509
17,973
22,880
0.88
3.17
3.30
5.22
Great Britain
6,909
9,111
21,801
17,329
1.24
1.86
3.83
3.37
Belgium
1,903
7,774
4,854
13,059
0.33
1.78
0.92
2.68
Netherlands
3,212
6,800
8,693
19,307
0.59
1.18
1.60
3.18
Australia
3,977
4,281
11,450
9,957
0.95
1.11
2.68
2.61
Japan
3,177
4,013
10,356
7,738
0.60
0.87
1.82
1.69
France
1,412
3,872
8,372
7,722
0.37
0.96
2.07
2.17
Switzerland
2,960
2,990
7,168
8,215
0.87
0.95
2.16
2.65
Austria
1,306
2,915
4,315
10,178
0.33
0.76
0.96
2.27
Korea
217
1,477
1,449
2,787
0.04
0.25
0.22
0.48
Italy
1,283
1,250
3,763
4,297
0.21
0.23
0.58
0.72
China 617
787
1,182
2,665
0.14
0.18
0.25
0.58
TOTAL
40,436
60,661
122,579
139,961
8.14
14.14
24.31
30.40


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