The forestry group cites higher logistics and input costs, a stronger krona and uneven pricing between wood supply and finished products, while pointing to small pulp-price gains late in the quarter.
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Price for logs exported from Russia to China grew only 0.1%.
Price for logs imported to China upped 1.6%.
Price for sawlog exported from Germany to China decreased slightly 0.8%.
Price for softwood logs imported to China slipped 3%.
Price for logs exported from New Zealand rose 1.3%.
Standing sales prices for sawlogs and pulpwood increased, while industrial roundwood purchases from private forests remained below year-earlier and five-year levels.
Imports of logs to the EU declined only 0.3%.
Price for logs exported from Lithuania declined only 0.1%.
Price for pulpwood imported to Finland decreased 7%.
Price for logs exported from Germany grew 9%.