According to Destatis, German softwood lumber production (incl. planed timber) totaled just under 6.32 million m³ in the second quarter. Compared to the first quarter (6.65 million m³), output fell by 5% or 334,000 m³. Year on year, a decrease of 8% or 554,000 m³ was recorded. In the three-month period April to June 2021, the German sawmill industry had reached the record output of 6.87 million m³.
In the first half year, 12,97 million m³ of softwood lumber were produced, which corresponds to an 8% decrease compared to the same period of last year (H1 2021: 13.39 million m³).
| Softwood lumber incl. planed timber (spruce/fir, pine, other types of softwood; in 1,000 m³ | |||||||
| Period | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 4,899 | 5,172 | 5,409 | 5,655 | 6,072 | 6,515 | 6,653 |
| Q2 | 5,764 | 5,582 | 5,935 | 6,005 | 6,230 | 6,873 | 6,319 |
| Q3 | 5,537 | 5,949 | 5,912 | 6,026 | 6,466 | 6,335 | – |
| Q4 | 4,919 | 5,348 | 5,524 | 5,618 | 6,448 | 5,614 | – |
| Total | 21,119 | 22,051 | 22,780 | 23,304 | 25,216 | 25,337 | – |
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