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  • One in ten cut for sale

    In 2016, timber was cut for sale on 14 000 forest properties. The average commercial roundwood removal per property was 724 cubic metres.

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  • Roundwood sales up, prices down

    Roundwood sales increased by 2 per cent from 2015 to 2016. The quantity of timber cut for sale is the highest since the end of the 1980s. Despite the increasing harvest, the forest owners obtained NOK 10 less per cubic metre of timber sold to the ...

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  • Two out of three transfers for agricultural purposes

    In 2016, a total of 8 960 agricultural properties were transferred to new owners, of which 5 600 were transferred for agricultural purposes. One third of the properties were sold on the free market. The average purchase price for properties sold o...

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  • Decline in the export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from September 11 – September 17 the export price of fresh salmon came to NOK 53.85 per kilo, a decrease of 3.1 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period. 

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  • Increase in export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from September 4th – September 10th the export price of fresh salmon came to NOK 55.56 per kilo, up 1.2 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period. 

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  • Decline in the export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from August 28 – September 03 the export price of salmon came to NOK 54.89 per kilo. This is a decrease of 3.4 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period.

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  • Forest stock has grown 25 per cent in 10 years

    The growing stock is steadily increasing, and over the last ten years the volume has grown 25 per cent. According to the calculations for the inventory cycle 2012-2016, the total stock in Norwegian forests is now 952 million cubic metres.

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  • Record number of roe deer killed by traffic

    In the hunting year 2016/17, almost 5 100 roe deer were killed by traffic. This is an increase of 800 from the previous hunting year.

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  • Increase in export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from August 21st – August 27th the export price of fresh salmon came to NOK 56.80 per kilo. This is an increase of 2.1 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period.

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  • Drop in export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from August 14th – August 20th the export price of fresh salmon came to NOK 55.63 per kilo. This is a decrease of 6.6 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period.

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  • Decline in export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from August 7th – August 13th the export price of fresh salmon came to NOK 59.53 per kilo. This is a decrease of 1.7 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period.

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  • Roundwood sales down, prices up

    Roundwood sales decreased by 9 per cent from the 2nd quarter of 2016 to the 2nd quarter of 2017, while the average timber price rose by 8 per cent. Forest owners obtained NOK 348 per cubic metre of timber; an increase of NOK 27.

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  • Decrease in export price of fresh salmon

    In the period from July 31st – August 6th the export price of fresh salmon came to NOK 60.55 per kilo, down 2.5 per cent compared to the previous seven-day period.

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  • Increased grouse bag in Southern Norway

    A total of 88 000 grouse were shot in Southern Norway in the hunting year 2016/2017, an increase of 59 per cent from the previous hunting year. In Northern Norway the yield declined by 22 per cent.

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  • More went small game hunting

    A total of 84 000 persons went small game hunting in the hunting year 2016/2017; an increase of 4 per cent from the previous year. The increase is mostly due to more grouse hunters.

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