In June 2011, Oak lumber exports of German sawmills amounted to 9,268 cubic meters. This volume ranged at the level of the previous months, but remained well below the level of June 2010 (12,982 cubic meters). Exports to China have sligthly declined compared to the first five months, but remained at a high level. In total, exports from January to June were slightly below the previous year measured by amount, but 8% higher measured by value.
In June, the following average price for the most important customer countries can be calculated from the figures of the German Federal Statistical Office Destatis: China € 315/cbm (ø I-VI/2011: € 311/cbm), Poland € 423/cbm (432), the Netherlands € 561/cbm (522), Indonesia, € 353/cbm (342), Switzerland € 969/cbm (952) and France € 294/cbm (281).
Oak Lumber, Export |
Volume (cbm) | Value (million euros) | ||||||
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan-Jun 2010 |
Jan-Jun 2011 |
|
China |
2,977 | 1,997 | 10,909 | 12,671 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 2.54 | 3.94 |
Poland |
858 | 1,538 | 6,735 | 7,266 | 0.42 | 0.65 | 2.62 | 3.14 |
Netherlands | 1,674 | 1,390 | 4,064 | 6,166 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 1.93 | 3.22 |
Indonesia |
975 | 964 | 3,877 | 4,845 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 1.14 | 1.66 |
Switzerland |
486 | 485 | 3,046 | 3,088 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 2.86 | 2.94 |
France |
759 | 476 | 2,780 | 2,279 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.90 | 0.64 |
Denmark | 632 | 393 | 1,719 | 2,249 | 0.57 | 0.34 | 1.47 | 1.92 |
Vietnam | 1,334 | 320 | 3,829 | 2,235 | 0.39 | 0.11 | 0.99 | 0.70 |
Czech Republic |
375 | 253 | 2,226 | 915 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.96 | 0.52 |
Belgium | 165 | 241 | 2,415 | 1,314 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 1.14 | 0.48 |
Great Britain |
583 | 195 | 2,008 | 1,822 | 0.48 | 0.13 | 1.65 | 1.32 |
Italy | 573 | 141 | 1,440 | 829 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.67 | 0.51 |
Finland |
30 | 130 | 335 | 493 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.45 |
TOTAL |
12,982 | 9,268 | 52,719 | 51,698 | 5.88 | 4.44 | 22.80 | 24.74 |