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Compared to the 1^st half of 2008, purchase prices of pine sawlogs in the same period of 2009 on average reduced by 44-48%, of spruce sawlogs – by 35%, but purchase prices of thin timber types in diameter to 14cm decreased even by 48%. Purchase prices of birch and asp sawlogs on average diminished by 40-48%, and of black alder – by 11-14%. The reduction of birch veneer log purchase prices constituted on average 50%, of black alder veneer logs – 21%, prices of matchlogs decreased by –41%, and of packing case timber – by 40%.

Compared to the 2^nd half of 2008 reduction of purchase prices in the 1^st half of 2009 continued, but it was not as rapid as before. Purchase prices of pine sawlogs decreased by 34-37%, of spruce sawlogs – by 29-31% (of thin timber types in diameter to 14cm by 38%), but in the market of deciduous sawlogs the price reduction varied between 17 and 33%. Purchase prices of birch veneer logs on average diminished by 38%, of black alder veneer logs – by 19%, of matchlogs – by 29%, of packing case timber – by 27%. Only the purchase prices of black alder sawlogs grew by 49%.

Average purchase prices of round timber by tree species and timber types, LVL/m3

Purchase prices of sawlogs, LVL/m3

Purchase prices of veneer logs, matchlogs and packing timber, LVL/m3