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In its latest\u00a0Forestry Report\u00a0for 2022, Handelsbanken looks back on the year and writes what it thinks will happen in 2023. Among other things, lower prices are expected for industrial products in general, with the exception of sawn wood products, which are believed to be close to an economic bottom.<\/p>\n

\"We expect that pulpwood prices will continue to rise, especially in the north, while we see a downside for sawn timber prices, preferably in the southern parts of the country,\" Handelsbanken writes in the report.<\/p>\n

Weakened demand<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to the economic downturn, Handelsbanken expects that it will mean that industrial products face necessary declines in the next year in line with weakened demand.\u00a0At the same time as you also see increased supply in some cases.<\/p>\n

During the fall of 2021, sawn timber prices reached record levels, driven by the pandemic and high demand.\u00a0And an oversupply of wood products then began to build up both with the builders' merchants and with the buyers.\u00a0But in early 2022, the supply-demand ratio became more balanced after prices rose.\u00a0But when Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, prices began to rise further as buyers fearing the sanctions against Russia began to build up inventory.\u00a0But as energy prices also rose, demand from both households and professional builders decreased.<\/p>\n

\"This led to the prices of sawn timber products starting to fall again and when we can soon add up to 2022, there are many indications that prices will be down around 30 percent from the end of last year.\u00a0In that case, it is the lowest level since April 2021,\" the report says.<\/p>\n

Handelsbanken writes that weak demand in combination with loss-making volumes at many producers will lead to meaningful reductions in capacity.\u00a0Which will limit further decline in prices in the short term and during the first half of 2023. If prices are to rise noticeably again, demand must improve.<\/p>\n

Desirable forest land<\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to Swedish forest land, according to the report, prices have reached new record levels.\u00a0Prices have continued to increase across the country.\u00a0During the first half of 2022, average prices rose by approximately five percent compared to 2021, to SEK 592 per cubic meter of forest in the kingdom as a whole.\u00a0According to Handelsbanken, it seems that prices rose significantly more in the northern parts of the country.<\/p>\n

But the differences across the country are large.\u00a0In the north, an average cubic meter goes for SEK 380, while in central Sweden it is valued at just under SEK 600 and in the south at almost SEK 900.\u00a0Handelsbanken believes that the strong price development in Norrland has to do with the fact that the higher interest rate has caused the valuation difference in Sweden to be geographically too high, compared to the yield the forest gives in the respective parts.<\/p>\n

\"We also note that the typical buyer of forest land in the first half of this year to a significantly greater extent than in previous years (55% versus 44% in 2021 and 39% in 2020) is not from the place where the property was sold,\" the report states.<\/p>\n

Given that forest owners receive financial compensation for possibly reduced felling opportunities, Handelsbanken expects a continued increase in the value of Swedish forest land over time.<\/p>\n

The forest as a carbon sink<\/strong><\/p>\n

Handelsbanken also writes that there is a heated debate about the role of the forest industry in relation to the climate issue and that the EU is increasingly focusing on the benefits of forests as a carbon sink and on increased requirements regarding consideration of biodiversity. And that this is something that will affect forestry methods and felling levels and in the next step also lead to increased costs for the forest industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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