Purchase of wood, July 2023

The value of purchased roundwood lower than a year ago

In July, the value of roundwood purchased from private owners decreased by more than a quarter in both monthly and annual comparison.

  • 14 September 2023 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
The value of purchased roundwood more than a quarter lower than in the previous month …

EUR 3.5 million of roundwood was purchased from private owners in July 2023, which was about 26% less than a month before (due to a decrease in both quantities and average prices of purchased roundwood). The value of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs went down by about 26%. The values of other purchased categories were also lower. 
 
… as well as in the same month last year  

Compared to last July, the value of roundwood purchased from private owners decreased by almost 29% (mainly due to lower average price of purchased wood). The value of purchased wood fuel increased by almost 21%, while the values of other purchased categories went down: of sawlogs and veneer logs by almost 32%, of pulpwood by about 24% and of other industrial roundwood by about 19%. 

The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.
The value of purchased roundwood, Slovenia
The value of purchased roundwood, Slovenia
Purchase of roundwood, Slovenia
Jul 2023
Jun 2023
Jul 2023
Jul 2022
% change
Total-25.9-28.9
  sawlogs and veneer logs-25.9-31.7
  pulpwood, round and split-27.6-24.2
  other industrial roundwood-30.2-19.3
  wood fuel-17.620.7
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
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