{"id":81764,"date":"2022-01-27T08:55:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T08:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/northern-europe-sawmills-lowest-sawlog-prices-world\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:56:51","slug":"northern-europe-sawmills-lowest-sawlog-prices-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/northern-europe-sawmills-lowest-sawlog-prices-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Europe sawmills have some of the lowest sawlog prices in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Record-high lumber prices in North America and Europe have moved both demand and sawlog values to some of the highest levels seen in at least two decades. In their local currencies, log prices in the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, Central Europe, Western Canada, and the Western US were at all-time highs in the 3Q\/21.<\/p>\n

Sawmills in Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany have become some of the highest-cost lumber manufacturers globally after sawlog costs surged by 60% to 95% in one year. Log costs have also gone up in the principal lumber export countries Finland and Sweden, but more modestly than in the rest of the continent. In the 3Q\/21, sawmills in Norway and Sweden had the lowest wood costs in Europe.<\/p>\n

The European Sawlog Price Index (ESPI) reached a new all-time high in the 3Q\/21 as sawlog prices climbed throughout the continent. The index, which tracks sawlog prices in nine countries, has surged by almost 50% in one year and is substantially higher than its 23-year average of \u20ac78\/m3.<\/p>\n

The recent price hikes have varied by subregion, with prices in Central Europe rising more than in Northern Europe. Last year in the 3Q\/20, sawlog prices were practically the same in all the significant sub-regions of Europe, averaging close to \u20ac70\/m3.<\/p>\n

However, this year prices have diverged, with the Nordic prices increasing only 16% while log costs in the Baltic States and Central Europe jumped more than four times as much.<\/p>\n

Softwood sawlog price changes in European sub-regions from the 3Q\/20 to the 3Q\/21 were as follows:<\/p>\n

Region Change y\/y (%)<\/p>\n