It started to interest me that when it is said that the price of export timber has only risen by x%, and the price of log timber has risen by as much as y%, how much does sawn timber actually cost as a finished product.
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Updated based on the next message.
Some retailers kindly provide the price per meter, which makes calculations easier. In retail, then
22x100, or ‘one-by-four’ spruce, costs 1.09 eur/m, which is 0.87 eur/m excl. VAT.
Approximately 455 meters of those pieces go into a cubic meter, so approx. 396 eur/m excl. VAT.
If these could be sold even planed, or tongue and grooved, let alone painted, more money could be made.
In export
If one checks back
if a spruce sawn product costs 250 eur/m3, having risen by 40%
→ a cubic meter of sawn timber cost 178 eur/m3 15 years ago
=> Increase of 72 eur/m3
if a cubic meter of wood now costs 85 eur/m3, and has risen by 78%
→ a cubic meter of spruce cost 48 eur 15 years ago
=> Increase of 37 eur/m3
At least by my own math, it seems that the sawmill industry has certainly gotten significantly more euros/m3 for its end product than the forest owner, also for pine.
Well, I guess that’s the idea, especially since waste is generated in the sawmill industry. Otherwise, you’d be stuck between a rock and a hard place… and on the other hand, pressures in wages, raw materials, etc. force you to innovate and improve productivity, reduce waste, and utilize side streams.
In 15 years, the real value of money has changed by approx. 29%, which I guess reflects both inflation and the development of income levels between these coincidentally (?) chosen years of 2010 and 2025.
Export prices of sawn timber rose by nine percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Over 15 years, the export price has risen by 40 percent for spruce and 23 percent for pine, while at the same time, log timber prices have risen by 78 percent.
22x100 ST – Hattulan Puu 22x100 ST – Hattulan Puu
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