1. Cambridge Shippers Meeting
German Presentation
Wednesday, 20th September Daniel Laufenberg

2. Unemployment rate
Germany
Germany

3. GDP Development
GDP – gross domestic product

4. Building Investments

5. Softwood Production Economy
2015
2016 %
Consumption [m³]
+ 1,0 %
Production [m³]
+ 3,3 %
Import [m³]
+ 5,5 %
Export [m³]
+ 11,3 %

6. Production Index

7. Softwood Export and Import

8. Raw material

9. Wood Residues

10. BREXIT – Loss on exchange
Exchange rate GBP to €

11. Summary Good general economic situation in Germany
Slightly better production volumes in 2016 and satisfactory production volumes in the first half of 2017
Difficult economic situation in 2016 as a result of the problems on the woood residues market
The German Sawmill Industry will reach, based on the current figures, a satisfactory year result in 2017.