Germany: Beech Log Export I-IV/2011

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IHB/Destatis
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Germany's Beech Log exports rose by 42% in April compared to the same month last year. For the period January to April 2011, exports show an increase of 67.5%. High volumes of deliveries directly to China (+80%), or indirectly, via Denmark (+878%) have a big share in that development.

For the most important consuming countries, the following average prices can be deduced from the Destatis figures in April: China € 111/m³ (ø I-IV/2011: € 111/m³), Austria € 72/m³ (71), Sweden € 78/m³ (75), Denmark € 75/m³ (74), India € 83/m³ (89), Japan € 163/m³ (159) and Netherlands € 73/m³ (79).

Beech, Sawlogs, m³ Export
Volume (m³) Value (million euros)
Apr
2010
Apr
2011
Jan-Apr
2010
Jan-Apr
2011
Apr
2010
Apr
2011
Jan-Apr
2010
Jan-Apr
2011
China
27,247 36,251 86,330 155,114 2.95 4.02 9.74 17.23
Sweden
4,914 13,093 4,914 25,923 0.29 1.03 0.29 1.95
Austria 9,699 11,351 35,944 34,509 0.62 0.82 2.34 2.46
Denmark
407 4,270 1,105 10,815 0.04 0.32 0.09 0.80
India
1,089 1,670 3,734 7,260 0.09 0.14 0.33 0.65
Japan
1,177 1,550 6,832 11,088 0.20 0.25 1.12 1.76
Turkey 748 1,030 1,626 1,936 0.09 0.10 0.19 0.20
Czech Republic
2,848 855 3,904 4,112 0.20 0.08 0.29 0.34
Italy 548 816 5,781 5,444 0.04 1.00 0.45 0.52
Netherlands
1,015 518 3,591 6,096 0.08 0.04 0.23 0.48
Switzerland 369 456 369 1,098 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.09
France 640 230 1,435 1,551 0.06 0.02 0.12 0.16
TOTAL
51,158 72,569 159,409 267,066 4.75 7.07 15.72 27.01


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