Germany

Lumber exports: 8% down year-on-year, decline in US sales

Article by Gerd Ebner (translated by Microsoft/Gerd Ebner) | 16.10.2023 - 08:16

By the end of August, German softwood lumber exports continued to record a significant decline compared to the previous year: –8%. The only exception was in January, when exports increased. Since then, export volumes have fallen steadily. In August, these amounted to only 740,000 m³.

Deliveries to the USA after eight months were also below the previous year's figures – at 1.6 million m3 compared to 1.7 million m3 in the previous year. This corresponds to a decrease of 3%. Other important target countries also recorded declining volumes this year: France (540,000 m³, –7%), Austria (540,000 m³, –18%), the Netherlands (460,000 m³, –16%) and Belgium (415,000 m³, –23%).

Italy has been one of the few exceptions, as the country has imported more sawn timber so far this year. The numbers increased by 6% to 377,000 m3. Increased exports to India (305,000 m3, +24%) and Taiwan (160,000 m3, +36%) were particularly impressive. All figures are from Destatis.

As always, you can find the review of the past decades in the Datacube.

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