Average Prices of Teak Logs Auctioned at Timber Depots of Kerala Forest Department, India (1942-2010)

Average Prices of Teak Logs Auctioned at Timber Depots of Kerala Forest Department, India (1942-2010)

Unit:Indian Rupees (INR) per m3

Year	Girth Class
Year	Exp	I	II	III	IV
1942		177	123	104
1943		196	159	96
1944		298	177	123
1945		265	196	124
1946		339	266	173
1947		233	209	141
1948		206	195	110
1949		175	182	118
1950		268	250	186
1951		348	284	197
1952		255	235	168
1953		232	213	139
1954		255	202	141
1955		301	251	160
1956		406	306	244
1957		416	325	242
1958		425	344	258
1959		439	352	292
1960		452	360	283
1961		440	361	269
1962		459	361	254
1963		477	393	268
1964		483	425	298
1965		515	454	339
1966		547	483	379
1967		531	446	345
1968		531	442	374
1969		581	449	370
1970	607	631	455	366	270
1971	650	646	542	385	291
1972	739	799	630	508	419
1973	1011	952	837	682	563
1974	1303	1271	1044	935	706
1975	1435	1367	1197	1030	768
1976	1206	1275	1076	833	751
1977	1506	1406	1163	921	855
1978	2378	2237	2009	1700	1431
1979	3057	3340	2757	2105	1873
1980	4100	3750	2946	2374	1826
1981	4575	4490	3770	2992	2404
1982	6561	6096	5596	4312	3284
1983	5361	5641	5176	4072	3000
1984	6461	6026	5595	4905	3646
1985	7468	8417	6751	5480	4386
1986	8515	8141	8624	7327	5450
1987	9647	9754	8757	7002	5271
1988	9276	8609	8225	6847	5702
1989	9442	11954	10921	9630	7357
1990	16556	13865	11115	8956	6886
1991	20475	17295	14110	10633	8786
1992	23131	21450	17178	12572	9162
1993	24034	23516	18986	14784	10375
1994	26778	24922	18957	13685	9753
1995	26706	32814	27148	17143	13652
1996	37498	35916	30436	24568	14724
1997	35964	35917	30847	24978	15790
1998	33222	33131	29163	23466	17496
1999	33602	31185	26220	19732	15266
2000	32687	33649	27053	21180	15972
2001	40680	37643	30270	21735	15891
2002	40457	38627	30496	22088	17129
2003	45896	42349	31261	21598	15350
2004	44746	42237	30962	21903	16480
2005	65263	57533	42636	28998	19795

Girth	Straightness & Soundness	Length	2006	2007	2008 âž¡	2009	2010
II	B	LL	51679	73412	79086	78070	79044
II	C	LL	35435	47469	51965	54551	56056
III	B	LL	36614	52333	51115	54733	55978
III	C	LL	26467	33179	32590	36761	39399
IV	B	LL	27005	33576	34716	36672	41145
IV	C	LL	18983	24154	23215	26601	30153

References:

Krishnankutty, C.N. (2001a). Teak price trends in Kerala State, India. Indian Journal of Forestry. 24, 1-7.
Krishnankutty, C.N. (2001b). Forecasting of teak prices in Kerala State, India, using autoregressive integrated moving average models. Indian Journal of Forestry. 24, 119-122.
Sivaram M. 2012. Modeling the price trends of teak wood using statistical and artificial neural network techniques. Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis (accepted)

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