Purchase of wood, August 2025

Lower value of purchased roundwood in August

The total value of roundwood purchased from private forests in August was compared to July lower by 12.7%, and year-on-year by 6.5%.

  • 14 October 2025 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Roundwood purchase value lower year-on-year …

The total value of wood purchased from private forests decreased by 6.5% compared to last August. All main categories recorded a decline in volume of purchase and thus its value. The purchase value of pulpwood fell by 39.7% and of fuelwood by a quarter. Due to higher prices, the value of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs fell the least.

… as well as month-on-month

Compared to July, the purchase value was lower by 12.7% in total. It fell for sawlogs and veneer logs and for pulpwood, while for fuelwood it grew by 10.8%.

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
Aug 2025
Jul 2025
Aug 2025
Aug 2024
% change
Total-12.7-6.5
  sawlogs and veneer logs-11.9-1.2
  pulpwood, round and split-24.8-39.7
  other industrial roundwood-18.0-30.2
  wood fuel10.8-25.5
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
The published data are provisional. Final data for the reference period August 2025 are expected to be published in February 2026 in the SiStat Database.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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