Price of hard and soft timber worldwide 2005-2022

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Fernando de Querol Cumbrera,
Aug 8, 2023
Throughout the timeline, hard sawn wood has had higher prices than any other type of timber. In 2022, its price amounted to 675 U.S. dollars per cubic meter, which is twice higher than that of hard timber logs. During that period, hard logs were the cheapest type of timber at approximately 228 U.S. dollars per cubic meter. Meanwhile, lumber prices in the U.S. have fluctuated a lot since February 2020.

Price of four different types of timber worldwide from 2005 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars per cubic meter)

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February 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2005 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source, these prices are representative of the timber prices worldwide. The prices for each type of segment comes from the following benchmarks:

  • Hard logs: import price from Japan
  • Hard sawn wood: Dark Red Meranti
  • Soft sawn wood: average of softwoods

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