sweden

Slight increase for sawn timber exports

Article by Günther Jauk (adapted for holzkurier.com; translated by Eva Guzely) | 02.01.2020 - 09:40

In the first ten months of 2019, Swedish softwood sawn timber exports were up by a modest 2% compared to the same period of last year.

From January to October 2019 Sweden exported 10.6 million m³ of softwood sawn timber including planed timber. This corresponds to a modest increase of 2% compared to last year. Exports to Great Britain remained stable at 2.16 million m³, while those to Egypt saw a strong rise (1.15 million m³; +56%).

824,000 m³ (+7%) were shipped to Norway and 761,000 m³ (-7%) to the Netherlands. Other important markets for Swedish sawn timber were Denmark (684,000 m³; -6%), China (644,000 m³; +18%), Germany (623,000 m³; -10%) and Japan (605,000 m³; +3%). Data are collected by Statistics of Sweden.

Sweden softwood sawn timber exports January – October 2019

Country 2019 2018 Change in %
Great Britain 2,167,032 2,164,969 0.1
Egypt 1,155,808 743,097 55.5
Norway 824,175 767,329 7.4
Netherlands 760,844 820,542 -7.3
Denmark 684,248 730,029 -6.3
China 644,472 545,681 18.1
Germany 622,959 691,441 -9.9
Japan 604,807 587,346 3
USA 369,305 312,510 18.2
Morocco 338,379 325,195 4.1
Other countries 2,424,403 2,679,313 -9.5
Total 10,596,432 10,367,452 2.2
Source: statistikdatabasen | © Holzkurier.com

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