{"id":80439,"date":"2021-03-11T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T13:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/austrian-wood-industry-faces-record-softwood-log-prices\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:54:53","slug":"austrian-wood-industry-faces-record-softwood-log-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/austrian-wood-industry-faces-record-softwood-log-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian wood industry faces record softwood log prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Austrian wood industry has been severely impacted by the climate and corona crisis in 2020 which created difficult market conditions for companies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spring was marked by enormous drought.\u00a02020 was once again one of the warmest years in Austrian measurement history, but summer brought the necessary precipitation for the forests - a short break for forest and forest owners.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the pandemic, the corona crisis hit the entire wood supply chain.\u00a0In lockdown one, there was a decline in production in the sawmill, paper and board industries with negative effects on primary production.\u00a0The demand for domestic fresh wood fell and the prices fell massively.\u00a0Difficult reprocessing conditions and labor shortages due to the lockdown did the rest.\u00a0From May 2020 things started to pick up again, at least for the market partners.\u00a0The Austrian sawmill industry was able to resume operations and has been experiencing an upward trend since then, while roundwood production hasn't improved that much<\/p>\n

The corona crisis also had an unexpected effect on the forest as a leisure and recreational area.\u00a0In times of exit and travel restrictions, significantly more people flock to the forests in search of relaxation and exercise.\u00a0This increasingly disrupted the forest and forest work.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the total Austrian wood harvest was around 16.4 million cubic meters (2019: 18.9 million cubic meters).\u00a0The precipitation in summer brought some relief to the bark beetle calamities.\u00a0This halved the amount of damaged wood in 2020 compared to the previous year to 5.8 million sm3 (2019: 11.7 million sm3).\u00a0Due to the drop in prices, many forest owners who were not affected by calamities have withdrawn from the market.\u00a0At the beginning of 2020 - i.e. before the COVID-19 pandemic - there was still a slight upward trend in softwood sawlog prices (January \/ February 2020: \u20ac 75.6 \/ m3), but wood prices dropped with the onset of the corona crisis and reached a record low of \u20ac 61.3 \/ m3 in summer 2020.\u00a0Only at the end of 2020 were positive price signals recognizable again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe annual average price in 2020 for softwood logs was 68.8 euros per cubic meter, which is a 30 percent price reduction compared to the prices\u00a0 from mid-2014. In the 3rd quarter of 2020, the sawlog price index was below the 100 percent mark for the first time since 2009.\u00a0One ray of hope is that prices have increased slightly since the 4th quarter of 2020, the order books of the sawmill industry are full and the industry has announced major investments, \u201dexplains Felix Montecuccoli, President of Land & Forst Betriebe Austria.<\/p>\n

In 2020 Austria imported a total of 12.06 million cubic meters of raw wood.\u00a0The main importing countries were the Czech Republic and Germany.\u00a0At the same time, softwood sawn timber exports fell by around 2.5%.\u00a0The corona crisis had a major impact in some countries, but this was offset again in the middle of the year.\u00a0In the previous main export market, Italy, exports fell by 9.4%.\u00a0This was offset by increased exports to Germany (+ 13%) and the USA (+ 26%).\u00a0A total raw wood import of 12.06 million cubic meters and a total raw wood export of 0.63 million cubic meters results in a net raw wood import 2020 of 11.43 million cubic meters.<\/p>\n

In addition, the President of Land & Forst Betriebe Austria calls for tax relief instead of a burden for forestry: \u201cTaxes and levies must be financeable from income.\u00a0Forestry will remain bad business and should nonetheless provide diverse services for the environment and society.\u00a0Those who manage forests in the future will have an income from work, but a very low rate of return on their assets.\u00a0Taxes and duties must be financially feasible from income and not from the substance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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