In December 2014, Germany's producer prices of wood products have hardly changed as compared to November. Boards, battens and squared timber have recorded a minimal decline of around 0.4-0.5%.
Hardwood lumber and beech frames have grown by about 0.36%. These were the strongest price movements. In sum, the price movements of last month are on a slight downward trend.
Compared to last year, a similar picture as in the previous months can be noticed. Especially pellets and wood chips are significant cheaper over the previous year. Also KVH is again on a negative trend after a high phase registered in the first half of 2014.
On the other hand, rawboards are still well above last year's level. In addition, hardwood lumber and beech frames are up, as well as wide boards and raw HDF boards.
Germany's Producer Price Index Commercial Products (2000=100) |
Dec. 2013 |
Nov. 2014 |
Dec. 2014 |
Change Dec. '13 to '14 |
Spruce and Fir lumber (Picea abies Karst.) |
113.6 |
114.0 |
113.7 |
+0,09% |
Lumber according to DIN 4074/S10 |
117.5 |
115.2 |
115.0 |
-2,13% |
Finger-jointed squares and beams (KVH) | 106.9 |
100.3 |
100.6 |
-5,89% |
Boards, width over 16 cm |
117.2 |
121.7 |
121.7 |
+3,84% |
Boards, width from 8 to 16 cm, size from 15 to 24 mm |
111.8 |
110.1 |
109.6 |
-1,97% |
Roof battens according to DIN 4074/S10 |
114.6 |
118.3 |
117.7 |
+2,71% |
Reserve squared timber, A/B, 10X10 - 12X12 |
113.5 |
114.7 |
114.2 |
+0,62% |
Softwood, size>6mm, planed, sanded, finger-jointed |
113.9 |
110.9 |
111.0 |
-2,55% |
Wood chips from softwood |
117.3 |
98.4 |
98.0 |
-16,45% |
Pellets and Briquets, compressed |
136.0 |
120.5 |
120.6 |
-11,32% |
Hardwood lumber |
106.4 |
110.2 |
110.6 |
+3,95% |
Beech blocks, A/B, size 50-60 mm, length 3m, damped |
102.3 |
103.8 |
103.8 |
+1.47% |
Beech frames, size 26-32 mm, length 3m, undamped |
106.9 |
110.9 |
111.3 |
+4,12% |
Particle boards, raw or sanded |
105.7 |
118.1 |
118.0 |
+11,64% |
Particle boards, laminated with decor |
114.4 |
115.2 |
115.2 |
+0,70% |
HDF panels, size > 800 kg/m³, raw/sanded |
110.5 |
114.6 |
114.4 |
+3,53% |
Laminate floorings, density > 800 kg/m³ |
110.2 |
108.9 |
109.0 |
-1.09% |