For a little over a year, the Union of French Cooperation Forest Observatory publishes quarterly sales prices cooperation at national level.
latest release observatory just been published and gives trends on different species.
comments accompanying the published diagrams are presented below:
A-The Oak:
The analysis covers all grades of Oak, but slicing, peeling and antler. After a recovery in prices in Q1 2009, Year2009 was marked by a significant decline in prices (15% or more in some areas) until 3rd quarter 2009. The parquet market which absorbed large quantities of oak is handicapped by the weakness of European construction, and especially the Asian competition. 4 th quarter in 2009, prices recover (except Market wooden staves). The trend has resumed in markets other than slicing and stave been confirmed at first and then in the second quarter of 2010. The price recovery is partly due to lower volumes sold in public forests, and necessitated for sawmills to replenish their stock of roundwood. In 4th quarter 2010 sales volumes were lower due to reduced supply. The return of sales to China for the intermediate grades in the North of France seems to reinvigorate the market on medium or low categories.
The antler market is showing signs of recovery not reflected in these statistics.
B-The Beech: Beech
courses are historically very low since 2001. They follow a sawtooth curve, linked to local phenomena in the presence of export markets, and differences in wood quality. Sales volumes are also historically low. In 4th quarter 2010 sales volumes and prices recover (from a very low base) C-The
Poplar
Storm Klaus who has shot many poplar in January 2009 had little effect reduces the price of lumber delivered .. There was no congestion market found on maritime pine following Hurricane Klaus with poplar. Since the 4th quarter of 2009 there is a recovery in timber prices, driven by the quality of poplar. The difficulties in the supply of Gabon Okoume plywood manufacturers require to turn to poplar. In 4th quarter prices and volumes are recovering much sign of a market that finds colors.
D-spruce and fir
The second quarter of 2008 was a record high for the price of wood of fir and spruce (also called white resin). Since then prices have continued to deteriorate loser up to 20% of its value a year later. The 4th quarter of 2009 was marked by a sharp upturn in prices that has continued even during the 4th quarter of 2010 .. Since the second quarter of 2010, strong demand in Spruce mills combined with French requests for sawmills German, Belgian and Swiss contribute to returning to the high prices before the crisis.
volume sold during the 4th quarter beats the record of the third quarter of 2010 and reached an absolute maximum for the monitoring of the Observatory (1st Quarter 2008). E-
Douglas Douglas
The market was at a high level courses to 4th quarter 2008. It deteriorated after that of Spruce in January 2009. This market was less competition from the Germanic and Scandinavian softwood sawmills. The prices were more stable, and at a high level. Douglas fir and larch can reach specific markets outside who were less affected by the crisis as markets Spruce. Since the second quarter 2009 prices are trending upward. Stability observed since the 3rd quarter of 2009 is only apparent: in reality the small and medium continues to grow wood, large wood are stable. In 4th quarter 2010, prices are virtually unchanged from the 3rd quarter of 2010.
volume sold during the fourth quarter of 2010 is a high level, but still below the level reached during the 2nd quarter 2010 record. This offer is inadequate in relation to industrial demand. This paradox is explained by an increase in available resources below the growth in demand from sawmills.
Ussel February 20, 2011
Lionel Say
CFBL Cooperative on behalf of UCFF
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