Thanks to high China sales, German Beech sawyers could keep their exports in June roughly stable. With more than 12,000 cubic meters, volumes exported to China in June were 22% over the previous year. On a value base, exports to the People's Republic rose by 27%. The total of all exports (34.981 cubic meters) in June undermatched the previous year level. The U.S., the Netherlands, Italy, Britain and Spain remain still significantly below their consumption in 2010. In the period January to June, exports of Beech lumber amounted to 194,730 cubic meters, still slightly higher than in the first half of 2010 (193,537).
Averaged June prices for the main destinations of Beech Lumber are: China € 257/cbm (ø I-VI/2011: € 258/cbm), Poland € 256/cbm (265), USA € 380/cbm (360), India € 285/cbm (257), Netherlands € 258/cbm (254) and France € 550/cbm (549).
Beech Lumber, Export |
Volume (cbm) | Wert (millon euros) | ||||||
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan – Jun 2010 |
Jan – Jun 2011 |
Jun 2010 |
Jun 2011 |
Jan – Jun 2010 |
Jan – Jun 2011 |
|
China |
9,897 | 12,078 | 46,372 | 58,300 | 2.43 | 3.11 | 11.47 | 15.03 |
Poland |
4,255 | 4,257 | 19,617 | 23,283 | 0.99 | 1.09 | 5.07 | 6.19 |
U. S. | 4,926 | 3,003 | 20,524 | 20,106 | 1.66 | 1.14 | 7.17 | 7.24 |
India |
1,491 | 1,862 | 7,364 | 9,694 | 0.37 | 0.53 | 1.76 | 2.49 |
Netherlands |
3,194 | 1,317 | 11,005 | 6,171 | 0.62 | 0.34 | 2.18 | 1.57 |
France |
780 | 1,309 | 5,528 | 7,274 | 0.44 | 0.72 | 2.99 | 3.99 |
Israel |
896 | 865 | 4,764 | 4,162 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 2.09 | 1.91 |
Italy | 1,524 | 860 | 9,384 | 7,342 | 0.48 | 0.29 | 2.84 | 2.28 |
Malaysia |
677 | 848 | 2,634 | 3,505 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.75 | 1.11 |
Great Britain |
2,419 | 820 | 8,303 | 5,702 | 1.24 | 0.41 | 3.96 | 2.68 |
Un. Arab Emirates |
852 | 807 | 5,148 | 2,818 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 2.28 | 1.29 |
Morocco |
491 | 616 | 1,390 | 3,105 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.54 | 1.32 |
Spain | 1,297 | 566 | 6,987 | 3,698 | 0.58 | 0.21 | 2.70 | 1.31 |
TOTAL |
39,665 | 34,981 | 193,537 | 194,730 | 12.95 | 11.50 | 62.60 | 64.76 |