Hardwood sawyers in Germany report a good supply with Oak logs. Log amounts had been offered until late summer. One cause may have been good logging conditions from the end of January 2011. Oak log export is no longer running at full steam. From January to July, figures of Destatis fell by 5.8% to 61,500 m³. In July of 2011 only 6,400 m³ were exported (-35.6%).
For the major consuming countries the following average prices can be calculated from the July figures: China € 145/m³ (I-VII/2011: € 151/m³), France € 198/m³ (247), Denmark, € 195/m³(193) and Sweden € 70/m³ (96).
| Oak, Sawlogs, m³ – Export |
Volume (m³) | Value (million euros) | ||||||
| Jul 2010 |
Jul 2011 |
Jan–Jul 2010 |
Jan–Jul 2011 |
Jul 2010 |
Jul 2011 |
Jan–Jul 2010 |
Jan–Jul 2011 |
|
| China |
3,030 | 2,885 | 19,309 | 27,173 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 2.50 | 4.11 |
| Vietnam | 611 | 1,050 | 3,109 | 1,868 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.27 |
| France | 1,505 | 1,022 | 7,165 | 8,897 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 1.80 | 2.20 |
| Netherlands | 1,491 | 636 | 3,561 | 3,292 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.45 |
| Sweden |
1,180 | 355 | 7,478 | 6,544 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.65 | 0.63 |
| Poland | - | 176 | 36 | 1,352 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| Belgium |
139 | 87 | 447 | 356 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Denmark | 290 | 87 | 11,388 | 6,876 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 2.13 | 1.33 |
| Austria | 291 | 81 | 3,066 | 2,266 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.34 |
| India |
- | 20 | 492 | 110 | - | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Switzerland | 116 | 5 | 277 | 200 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| TOTAL |
9,947 | 6,405 | 65,260 | 61,488 | 1.36 | 0.92 | 9.77 | 10.11 |