Purchase of wood, July 2024

Value of purchased roundwood almost the same as a year ago

In July, the total value of roundwood purchased from private owners increased at the monthly level and was almost same as at the annual level.

  • 13 September 2024 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
The value of purchased roundwood over a half higher than a month before …

EUR 3.4 million of roundwood was purchased from private owners in July 2024, which was almost 57% more than a month before (mostly due to higher quantities of purchased roundwood). The value of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs went up by about 61%, of pulpwood by about 49% and of wood fuel by about 16%. The value of other industrial roundwood was also higher than a month before.
 
… but almost same as a year ago

Compared to last July, the value of roundwood purchased from private owners was almost the same. 
The values of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs and of other industrial roundwood increased (by almost 4% and by 3%, respectively), while the values of wood fuel and pulpwood decreased (by almost 61% and by 7%, respectively).

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 2024
Jun 2024
Jul 2024
Jul 2023
% change
Total56.6-0.7
  sawlogs and veneer logs60.73.9
  pulpwood, round and split49.3-6.6
  other industrial roundwood20.22.6
  wood fuel15.7-60.6
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Monthly data for the current year are provisional. With each release the data can be corrected and completed with new data. Monthly data get status of final data with the publication of annual data (at the latest at the end of February next year).

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