In July a slightly upward trend for the German wood products price index could be noticed. As compared to the previous month, only the index values for boards, planed softwood and pellets have decreased minorly.
The value of battens, wood chips and particleboard remained unchanged over June. The value of other products has increased slightly, with the strongest increase in hardwood lumber assortments.
Also year on year, the index is in uptrend. Only five index values show an opposite trend. Again, the increase is more pronounced in hardwood lumber assortments. In addition, wood chips have clearly risen.
Germany's Producer Price Index Commercial Products |
July 2014 |
Jun3 |
July 2015 |
Change |
Spruce and Fir lumber (Picea abies Karst.) |
116,6 |
114,4 |
114,7 |
-1,62% |
Lumber according to DIN 4074/S10 |
116,5 |
116,5 |
117,1 |
+0,51% |
Finger-jointed squares and beams (KVH) |
104,8 |
98,9 |
99,3 |
-5,24% |
Boards, width over 16 cm |
122,6 |
122,0 |
123,0 |
+0,32% |
Boards, width from 8 to 16 cm, size from 15 to 24 mm |
110,6 |
111,3 |
111,1 |
+0,45% |
Roof battens according to DIN 4074/S10 |
122,2 |
118,7 |
118,7 |
-2,86% |
Stock squared timber, A/B, 10X10 - 12X12 |
114,3 |
115,4 |
115,8 |
+1,31% |
Softwood, size>6mm, planed, sanded, finger-jointed |
112,8 |
111,3 |
111,2 |
-1,41% |
Wood chips from softwood |
96,8 |
99,8 |
99,8 |
+3,09% |
Pellets and Briquets, compressed |
118,4 |
119,4 |
118,9 |
+0,42% |
Hardwood lumber |
108,9 |
110,5 |
111,7 |
+2,57% |
Beech blocks, A/B, size 50-60 mm, length 3m, damped |
102,3 |
106,5 |
106,8 |
+4,39% |
Beech frames, size 26-32 mm, length 3m, undamped |
109,6 |
110,9 |
112,2 |
+2,37% |
Particle boards, raw or sanded |
114,8 |
114,5 |
114,5 |
-0,26% |
Particle boards, laminated with decor |
114,8 |
115,2 |
115,2 |
+0,34% |
HDF panels, size > 800 kg/m³, raw/sanded |
112,4 |
114,3 |
114,4 |
+1,77% |
Laminate floorings, density > 800 kg/m³ |
109,1 |
110,0 |
110,2 |
+1,00% |