Unit costs for silviculture in large-scale forestry decreased by 20% in 2013 compared to the year before in Sweden. Of all included costs, the costs for sowing, costs for beeting and forest fertilization and liming decreased the most. Also costs for maintenance and new investments in forest roads decreased.

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Sweden: Unit costs for silviculture in large-scale forestry decreased by 20% in 2013

Aug 14, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Unit costs for silviculture in large-scale forestry decreased by 20% in 2013 compared to the year before in Sweden. Of all included costs, the costs for sowing, costs for beeting and forest fertilization and liming decreased the most, as the Swedish Forest Agency said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Also costs for maintenance and new investments in forest roads decreased. Cost per hectare did not decrease correspondingly.

In average logging costs for thinning and regeneration felling decreased in the entire country. In Svealand however, the logging costs increased for regeneration felling.