After several months of reduced sales, German Pine lumber exports have slightly recovered in June 2011. Compared to the same month last year, exports rose by 6% to 84,651 cubic meters. Half-yearly export figures were still in the red, showing a volume of 406,052 cubic meters (- 9%). Strong growth was recorded in exports to Belgium, Italy and Austria. China and Egypt received much less goods from Germany.
Average prices for the major consuming countries of German Pine limber in June: Italy € 151/cbm (ø I-VI/2011: € 144/cbm), Poland € 163/cbm (162), Netherlands € 168/cbm (166), Egypt € 172/cbm (175) and Belgium € 156/cbm (154).
Pine Lumber – Export |
Volume (cbm) | Value (million euros) | ||||||
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun |
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Egypt |
11,789 | 9,532 | 68,779 | 28,824 | 1.89 | 1.64 | 10.07 | 5.05 |
Netherlands | 6,024 | 8,257 | 46,716 | 43,245 | 0.97 | 1.39 | 6.46 | 7.19 |
Poland | 4,806 | 6,953 | 29,334 | 44,996 | 0.71 | 1.13 | 3.95 | 7.31 |
Italy | 3,318 | 6,166 | 29,519 | 46,897 | 0.49 | 0.93 | 3.89 | 6.76 |
Belgium |
1,439 | 5,464 | 38,511 | 25,080 | 0.20 | 0.85 | 4.93 | 3.87 |
Algeria | 2,617 | 5,182 | 6,336 | 5,182 | 0.43 | 0.88 | 0.95 | 0.88 |
China | 11,264 | 4,972 | 22,659 | 13,573 | 1.90 | 0.82 | 3.72 | 2.24 |
France |
3,345 | 4,131 | 18,503 | 14,056 | 0.59 | 0.72 | 2.87 | 2.59 |
India | 558 | 3,528 | 5,528 | 18,199 | 0.09 | 0.61 | 0.81 | 3.04 |
Tunisia |
1,658 | 3,516 | 5,456 | 18,181 | 0.26 | 0.71 | 0.79 | 3.19 |
Austria |
1,274 | 2,739 | 11,093 | 14,929 | 0.19 | 0.43 | 1.43 | 2.52 |
Israel |
1,790 | 2,691 | 10,476 | 9,374 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 1.48 | 1.62 |
Japan | 3,571 | 2,458 | 17,095 | 12,744 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 3.00 | 2.58 |
TOTAL |
79,515 | 84,651 | 447,458 | 406,052 | 13.16 | 14.31 | 66.57 | 67.68 |