Daily offtake remains solid and supply from New Zealand is expected to ease from April as harvesting conditions tighten.
Logs
Company records $10.2 million net realizable value charge in Q4 as combined duty and tariff rate rises to 45.16%.
Price for logs imported to the European Union contracted 14%.
Compared with the previous month, production was up 21%.
Lumber shipments decline 40% in Q4 as company operates at 46% of capacity amid 45.16% combined duty and tariff rate.
Sawlog harvesting drops 11% in February, while energywood totals 0.5 million m3, mostly delimbed stems and whole trees.
Price for logs imported to China gained 2%.
Price for sawlog exported from Germany to China increased 13%.
Price for pulpwood imported to Finland expanded 15%.
Price for logs exported from Germany rose 3%.
Compared to the previous month, production decreased by 15%.
Sawlog and veneer log value climbs one-fifth as coniferous logs drive gains in both volume and price.
Price for sawlog exported from Germany to China increased 12%.
Price for logs exported from Lithuania gained 4%.
Price for logs exported from New Zealand expanded 7%.
Total notified and applied felling area reaches 21,203 hectares, while montane forest permit area declines and regional results vary
Buyer market growth also raises trade probability by 1.68%, confirming demand as the main market driver.
Standing-sale softwood log prices stayed near January levels, and delivery-sale spruce and birch pulpwood stabilized while pine edged lower.
Notifications rise in Northern and Southern Norrland, while permit applications fall in montane and valuable broad-leaved forests.
Exports of logs from the U.S. to China contracted 10%.