ukrainian news - 11.05.2007
Price increase of forests in Sweden
Price statistics
published at the beginning of the year indicate that the price of
forest land has increased by 50 % during the last three years. The main
reasons are the strong general business boom in Sweden and optimism in
the forestry sector. The low interest level is another contributing
factor, although forest estates generally are not very deep in debt.
For that reason they are less vulnerable to changes of the interest
rate.
Mr Lars Wesslund from LRF Konsult estimates that the strong boom has
increased general purchasing power and consequently also the price
level. Increased demand is also a consequence of strong confidence in
forests as a future raw material source and of increased appreciation
of soft values.
See also:
- — Germany: Production of stationary woodworking machines rose 18.8 per cent in 2006
- — X Jubilee International Exhibition "Woodprocessing"
- — Looking for ways to set up associations for private forest owners in the Western Balkan countries
- — EU adopted Commission’s proposal to repeal the so called “knots in the wood” directive
- — Ruukki Group to invest Euro 1.1 billion in Russian woodworking sector
