Swedish softwood lumber exports in May (sawn and planed) were down 15% compared to the same month last year. However, volumes exported to Germany amounted to 434.700 m³, almost at 2009 level. Even exports to Norway are developing better than average and reached 366.200 m³. Other important markets such as Britain, Egypt and Holland remained below expectations.
Generally, prices remained stable above the prior year and could, except for planed goods, even show a slight increase in May. Pine lumber was at 2078 SEK / m³ (221 € / m³) about 18% above the May prices of 2009. In spruce lumber, price increases of over 21% to 1961 SEK / m³ (208 € / m³) were even clearer.
Sweden Export I-V/2010
| Country | I-V 2009 (m³) |
I-V 2010 (m³) |
Annual Percentage Change |
| Morocco | 1777.7 | 1343.3 | -24.44% |
| Great Britain | 1210.9 | 1012.9 | -16.35% |
| Egypt | 583.3 | 468.2 | -19.73% |
| Germany | 432.7 | 434.7 | 0.46% |
| Netherlands | 424.1 | 378.6 | -10.73% |
| Norway | 297.2 | 366.2 | 23.22% |
| Denmark | 405.7 | 356.4 | -12.15% |
| Japan | 317.5 | 258.5 | -18.58% |
| Algeria | 191 | 232.9 | 21.94% |
| France | 288.2 | 219.3 | -23.91% |
| Saudi Arabia | 66 | 134.4 | 103.64% |
| Belgium | 134.8 | 115.2 | -14.54% |
| Spain | 89.2 | 111.7 | 25.22% |
| Italy | 60.9 | 65.1 | 6.90% |