Purchase of wood, December 2024

The value of purchased roundwood up by a quarter at the annual level

In December, the value of roundwood purchased from private owners was a quarter higher at the annual level but almost a quarter lower at the monthly level.

  • 14 February 2025 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
The value at the annual level significantly higher …

Compared to December 2023, the value of roundwood purchased from private owners increased by a quarter. The value of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs increased by 38%, of that the value of coniferous sawlogs by more than a half. Lower was only the value of purchased pulpwood.

… but lower at the monthly level

Compared to November, the total value of roundwood purchased from private owners decreased by almost a quarter. The value of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs was lower by 26% and of other industrial roundwood by more than a third. The value went down mostly due to a lower quantity of purchased roundwood.

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
Dec 2024
Nov 2024
Dec 2024
Dec 2023
% change
Total-23.625.8
  sawlogs and veneer logs-26.337.9
  pulpwood, round and split-1.9-18.2
  other industrial roundwood-34.90.4
  wood fuel-2.215.0
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
The monthly data for the current year are provisional. With each release the data can be corrected and completed with new data. The monthly data get the status of final data with the publication of annual data (for 2024 on 27 February 2025).

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