The latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that sawn redwood made the bigger gain of 7.8%, against sawn spruce volumes which rose by 1.9%. Prices rose by an average 8.6% during the quarter.
Exports to the UK made one of the biggest gains – up 19.1% – while Germany registered an increase of 3.3% and Egypt 55.1%.
A 23.5% decline in spruce volumes to Japan led to an 11.5% drop in volumes overall.
