In January 2017 the log prices in Estonia have shown only minor changes. An exeption are birch veneer logs, which price increased by more than 10% from December to 116,03 EUR per cu.m. From January 2016 the price increased by almost 20%. The price of birch saw logs increased 1,9% from Dezember, aspen saw logs, however, have become a little cheaper.
Also to mention is aspen pulpwood price, which increased almost 19% from December to January. With 23,13 EUR/cu.m it is 2,8% more expensive than in January 2016. The price of spruce pulpwood increased by 2,7% from December. However birch pulpwood has decreased by 2,35% from December to January and is now more than 9% cheaper than in January 2016.
The prices of softwood saw logs show only minor changes. The biggest change is a minus in spruce of 1%. In energy wood there is almost no change from December. Its price is still significantly below last year’s level with a minus of 11,6%.
Jan'16 €/m3 | Dec'16 €/m3 | Jan'17 €/m3 | Chg.% Jan'16 to Jan'17 | Chg.% Dec'16 to Jan'17 | |
Pine | 65.44 | 65.29 | 65.40 | -0.06% | 0.17% |
Pine d<18cm | 53.63 | 51.58 | 51.78 | -3.45% | 0.39% |
Spruce | 63.58 | 63.54 | 62.90 | -1.07% | -1.01% |
Spruce d<18cm | 49.81 | 49.39 | 49.38 | -0.86% | -0.02% |
Birch Veneer |
96.76 | 105.22 | 116.03 | 19.92% | 10.27% |
Birch | 56.66 | 59.86 | 61.01 | 7.68% | 1.92% |
Aspen | 31.11 | 31.53 | 31.09 | -0.06% | -1.40% |
Pine pulpwood | 24.53 | 24.38 | 24.55 | 0.08% | 0.70% |
Spruce pulpwood |
24.53 | 23.96 | 24.61 | 0.33% | 2.71% |
Birch pulpwood |
25.59 | 23.79 | 23.23 | -9.22% | -2.35% |
Aspen pulpwood | 22.50 | 19.48 | 23.13 | 2.80% | 18.74% |
Energy wood | 20.69 | 18.36 | 18.29 | -11.60% | -0.38% |