The wood prices have risen sharply recently. However, the price increase for German forest owners was much more moderate than for the sawmill industry. According to the data from the Federal Statistical Office, the prices for spruce logs July were almost 35 percent higher than in the previous year. At the same time, the industrial selling prices (producer prices for commercial products) were 123 percent higher for softwood lumber, according to the Destatis surveys. The prices for industry and trade have risen four times as strongly as the prices at the producer level.      ...