Germany's Beech log exports in June 2011 ranged on the level of the reference month last year. As in May, shipments to Sweden fell strongly in June. When looking over the first six months, Beech log exports were still higher than in 2010.
For the most important consuming countries of German Beech, the following average prices can be calculated from the June figures of Destatis: China € 114/cbm (ø I-VI/2011: € 111/cbm), Austria € 73/cbm (72), Sweden € 73/cbm (74), Denmark € 70/cbm (74), India € 90/cbm (90) and Netherlands € 70/cbm (79).
Beech, Sawlogs, cbm Export |
Volume (cbm) | Valune (in million euros) | ||||||
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
|
China |
34,314 | 35,769 | 156,993 | 233,373 | 3.43 | 4.10 | 16.96 | 25.97 |
Austria |
14,714 | 19,780 | 55,979 | 54,847 | 0.94 | 1.45 | 3.62 | 3.95 |
Sweden | 9,663 | 5,134 | 19,650 | 33,655 | 0.57 | 0.38 | 1.16 | 2.50 |
India |
72 | 1,043 | 5,246 | 10,918 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.45 | 0.99 |
Turkey | - | 900 | 2,216 | 3,115 | - | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.34 |
Denmark |
- | 715 | 1,276 | 12,406 | - | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.92 |
Switzerland | 1,087 | 384 | 1,456 | 1,482 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
Netherlands | 706 | 330 | 5,628 | 7,478 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.41 | 0.59 |
Thailand |
- | 207 | 0 | 255 | - | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
France |
- | 185 | 1,459 | 1,744 | - | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
Malaysia | 176 | 154 | 770 | 814 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
Italy | 2,399 | 142 | 9,216 | 6,629 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.58 |
Czech Republic |
39 | 25 | 4,030 | 4,254 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.36 |
TOTAL |
64,829 | 64,768 | 278,104 | 385,502 | 5.56 | 6.31 | 26.62 | 39.02 |