Germany: Producer prices for wood products in February again with a clear upward trend

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After a stagnation period in December and January, German producer prices for commercial wood products in February show a clear upward trend. This was unbroken anyway for the year-on-year comparison, but virtually all prices have risen compared to January.

In the previous month only beech blocks remains on the value of January. All other assortment indices are higher than in January. Lumber showed the strongest increase with + 2.42%, followed by pellets and HDF boards with 1.49% and 1.24%. All other values ​​are below 1%.

Compared to February 2017, all indices have risen. Raw chipboards lead the rankings with an increase of 10.75%. This is followed by lumber (+ 5.70%) and pellets (+ 4.99%). The lowest increases compared to the same month of the previous year include wood chips, beech logs and laminate flooring.

Producer price indices of industrial products (2000 = 100) Feb-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Change. Feb.17-Feb.18 Change. Jan.-Feb.18
Softwood, size>6mm, planed, sanded, finger-jointed 111,5 113,5 113,6 1,88% 0,09%
Spruce and Fir lumber (Picea abies Karst.) 114,3 118,4 119,4 4,46% 0,84%
Lumber according to DIN 4074/S10 112,2 115,8 118,6 5,70% 2,42%
Boards, width over 16 cm 118,4 122,6 123,5 4,31% 0,73%
Boards, width from 8 to 16 cm, size from 15 to 24 mm 105,6 110,6 111,0 5,11% 0,36%
Roof battens according to DIN 4074/S10 122,8 126,4 127,5 3,83% 0,87%
Stock squared timber, A/B, 10X10 - 12X12 112,2 116,3 117,0 4,28% 0,60%
Construction timber 100,6 105,3 105,6 4,97% 0,28%
Hardwood lumber 113,7 114,5 115,0 1,14% 0,44%
Beech blocks, A/B, size 50-60 mm, length 3m, damped 107,9 108,5 108,5 0,56% 0,00%
Beech frames, size 26-32 mm, length  3m, undamped 114,3 115,2 115,7 1,22% 0,43%
Wood chips from softwood 89,7 89,4 89,9 0,22% 0,56%
Particle boards, raw or sanded 105,1 116,1 116,4 10,75% 0,26%
Particle boards, laminated with decor 113,5 114,0 114,7 1,06% 0,61%
HDF panels, size > 800 kg/m³, raw/sanded 112,4 112,8 114,2 1,60% 1,24%
Laminate floorings, density > 800 kg/m³ 110,5 111,5 111,6 1,00% 0,09%
Pellets and Briquets, compressed 110,2 114,0 115,7 4,99% 1,49%

 

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