Lumber and construction timber products' sales are reportedly very good in Austria. Average log stocks towards the end of the main felling season led to brisk demand for softwood sawlogs in Austria in March. Consequently prices have increased regionally and are between 100 and 115 e/m3 for the leading range of spruce A/C, 2b.  A not insignificant part of the price adjustments will have to be spent on the sharp rise in timber harvesting costs as a result of the rise in fuel and operating resource prices. The Austrian Chamber of Agriculture predicts that ...