Purchase prices of pine sawlogs with diameter of up to 14 cm remained at the level of the previous period, i.e., Euro 48/m3 without VAT. In turn, in the 1H 2015 purchase prices of spruce sawlogs with diameter of up to 14 cm grew by 7%, reaching Euro 52/m3without VAT.
In the 1H 2015 as compared to the 1H 2009, when the lowest purchase prices were registered for all types of round timber in Latvia, purchase prices of spruce sawlogs with diameter of up to 14 cm has grown twice, reaching Euro 52/m3 without VAT.
Prices of pine sawlogs with diameter of 14 - 18 cm over the past six years has grown by 84%, or by Euro 31/m3 without VAT (in the 1st half of 2015 - Euro 68/m3 without VAT), and purchase prices of pine sawlogs with diameter of up 14 cm have increased by 80%, or Euro 21/m3 without VAT.
In the 1H 2015 as compared to the 2H 2014 among deciduous tree sawlogs the greatest drop was recorded in the average purchase price of birch sawlogs with diameter of 18 - 24 cm - 11% (purchase price in the 1H 2015 - Euro 49/m3 without VAT), while the most rapid growth was recorded in purchase prices of black alder sawlogs with diameter over 24 cm - 6% (in the 1H 2015 - Euro 37/m3 without VAT). In the 1H 2015 the average purchase price of deciduous tree veneer logs was Euro 36 /m3 without VAT, which is 3% less than in the 2H 2014.
In the 1H 2015 the average purchase price of category A birch veneer logs was Euro 89/m3 without VAT, which compared to the 2H 2014, has grown by 3% or Euro 2/m3 without VAT; as compared to the 1st half of 2014 - growth of Euro 12/m3 without VAT, and compared to the 1H 2009 - growth of Euro 41/m3 without VAT.
