Sawnwood price history, 1970 to 2026

Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala averaged $648.7/m³ in August 2026, +1% over twelve months and +3% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $1,088/m³ in June 2008; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $1,597/m³ in February 2008. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

Cameroon, sapele, FOB DoualaMalaysia, dark red meranti

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala $/m³, since 1970	648.7 August 2026	+1%	+1%	-2%	+3%	+2%	1,088 June 2008	1,597 February 2008
Malaysia, dark red meranti $/m³, since 1960	737.9 August 2026	+1%	+1%	-2%	+3%	-4%	973.6 August 2011	1,863 August 1994

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026-09-02, fetched 6 September 2026 (CC BY 4.0).

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how sawnwood is priced.

Monthly sawnwood prices by decade

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Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala ($/m³)

Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala monthly prices, 1980s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	396	396	396	396	396	396	396	396	396	396	396	396	396
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985	307	307	307	307	307	307	307	307	307	307	307	307	307
1986
1987
1988
1989

Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala monthly prices, 1990s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	533	533	533	533	533	533	533	533	533	533	533	533	533
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995	632.8	621.5	642.1	639.7	635.2	625.5	615.6	583.3	565.7	546.4	521.8	523.8	596.1
1996	519.4	505.9	504	489.6	481.6	502.2	520.3	513.8	507	503.2	558.1	543.7	512.4
1997	516.9	530.5	542	555.3	600.7	591.9	570.9	556	581.9	585.5	576.8	554.6	563.6
1998	534.2	526.3	530.9	534.2	520.8	515.7	510.3	512.9	534.5	555.1	523.2	517.8	526.3
1999	508.9	444.1	431.3	424.3	429.7	419.2	424.7	444.4	456.2	481.4	504.6	493.2	455.2

Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala monthly prices, 2000s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	509.9	494.7	500	490.7	469.4	506.4	501.3	506.5	471.9	462.6	469.9	485.4	489.1
2001	507.7	492.1	481.9	469.1	453	455.2	459.1	480.3	486	469.5	453.6	455.6	471.9
2002	450.4	443.7	446.6	451.7	472.2	496.6	515.9	508.4	509.9	505.1	515.9	519.6	486.3
2003	536.3	544	545.6	542.3	578.4	572.1	556.9	534.5	532.8	549.5	549.9	577.3	551.6
2004	592.8	594.3	539.5	527.4	563.9	570.5	588.7	584.4	610.9	624.4	610.5	629.6	586.4
2005	603.4	598.6	593.5	569.2	571.1	547.4	541.3	553.1	545.3	534.6	524.4	527.6	559.1
2006	587	579	582.9	588.5	643.2	621.6	621.9	637.4	639.5	642	656.8	674.7	622.9
2007	721.8	720.9	717.4	733.1	724	718.1	744.5	744.9	779.4	801.2	866	846.7	759.8
2008	954.9	1,083	1,069	1,021	1,048	1,088	1,057	957	909.8	822.2	756.7	733.7	958.3
2009	697.6	690.2	679.9	684.3	717.6	761.6	776	785.6	775.5	790	821	807.7	748.9

Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala monthly prices, 2010s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	804.1	804.9	803.3	818.1	772.9	770.4	794.5	813.7	827.1	867.4	843.8	832.1	812.7
2011	827.8	831.5	840.1	883.4	862.5	870.6	832.6	839.5	797.2	798.5	771.4	753.9	825.8
2012	750.8	757.3	758.5	767	763.4	751.7	747.4	749.6	768.5	766.5	761.3	770	759.3
2013	761.8	737.6	722.7	733.6	732.5	742.6	727.7	742.9	760.6	771	772.1	785	749.2
2014	789.3	793.2	796.3	802.2	807.1	810	818.2	800.3	781.6	770	756	749.2	789.5
2015	726.8	734.3	717.9	715.9	740.7	745.3	745.6	747.3	735.6	734.8	728.5	718.2	732.6
2016	690.7	685.9	681.4	685.8	696.4	681.1	630.4	628.5	630	591.6	595.5	598.1	649.6
2017	590.7	598.3	591.2	605.3	619.4	613.2	622.3	621.2	637.7	632.5	633.4	642.2	617.3
2018	661.1	670.1	669.4	674.4	645.8	636.8	631	617	625.5	623.5	617.9	607.5	640
2019	617.2	623.1	631.4	624.8	615.5	607.5	597.7	582	591.6	605.4	617.5	627.9	611.8

Cameroon, sapele, FOB Douala monthly prices, 2020s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	626.5	621.1	593.7	595	589.5	599.9	606.8	629.1	621.9	621.7	633	643.9	615.2
2021	653.8	664	664.2	663.2	674.6	672.3	661.5	661.2	658.2	656.2	644.9	637.9	659.3
2022	649.7	648.8	631.2	620.5	596.8	590.7	574.6	574.5	543	540.6	562.4	583.4	593
2023	585.2	579.5	581.5	596.4	598.2	604.9	617.3	608.7	594.2	582.8	594.8	606.6	595.8
2024	608.6	605.2	609	600.2	605.2	609.1	616.1	619.6	633.2	625.7	610.6	605.9	612.4
2025	591.8	600.6	618.6	630.2	640.4	649.4	647.3	644.1	647.1	639.8	628.9	641.5	631.6
2026	647.9	651.1	639.1	644	646.4	639	640.9	648.7					644.6

Malaysia, dark red meranti ($/m³)

Malaysia, dark red meranti monthly prices, 1970s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	165.9	169.9	172.2	172.5	176.3	178.3	178.3	178.3	178.3	178.3	178.3	178.3	175.4
1971	178.3	178.3	178.3	178.3	178	175.7	172.8	173.4	175.4	176.4	172	171.7	175.7
1972	169.2	173.2	177.3	176.4	174.1	170.1	166.2	166.8	167	167.2	167.2	176.2	170.9
1973	187.6	215.9	235	229.6	212.9	201.5	202.7	216.3	228.4	241.6	240	270.9	223.5
1974	269.4	273.1	275.9	268.2	256.5	244.1	250.1	245	230.4	219.1	209.6	220.6	246.8
1975	225.1	212.7	224.4	222.7	223	222.1	221.1	227	224.8	222.8	226.6	229	223.4
1976	233.4	240.8	244.3	249.9	249.9	255.6	267.3	277.6	283.8	286.6	286.6	286.6	263.5
1977	264.1	269	271.2	268.3	262.7	262.3	263.3	262.4	262.4	264.6	265.8	263.7	265
1978	267.1	271.2	270.3	276.9	266.9	264.7	267.7	276.9	275.2	278.7	273	279	272.3
1979	299.6	315.4	320.6	322.4	341.9	380.1	410.3	425.5	421.4	392.3	379.2	382.6	365.9

Malaysia, dark red meranti monthly prices, 1980s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	401.8	416.2	411.7	409	419.5	421.3	396.4	389.1	415.7	355	358.5	360.2	396.2
1981	363.7	359.8	357	351.6	354.4	351.8	338.4	334.9	334.1	339.2	351.8	356.1	349.4
1982	360	349.8	345.4	342.5	347.3	331.8	332.1	331.5	332.1	327	332.3	340.8	339.4
1983	338.3	315	312.3	314.5	320.8	318	317.3	324.2	329.5	347.4	347.5	352.7	328.1
1984	356.8	354.5	367.7	381.6	384.5	373.9	353.6	340.9	334.9	326	326.3	319.1	351.7
1985	305.5	300	300.5	306.4	305.5	302.1	306	302.5	298.9	307.9	319.5	330.9	307.1
1986	337.7	342.3	334	326.8	337.9	327.1	326.1	321.7	313.2	310.2	323.7	351.3	329.3
1987	367.9	364.9	369.5	372.9	355.6	356.6	364.2	401.3	457.5	462.6	477.7	464.8	401.3
1988	442	398.2	401.1	415.2	413.1	400	388.8	374.1	377.3	400.9	411	406.1	402.3
1989	401	404.5	402.4	393.6	414.8	526.4	532	537.2	538.9	555.1	545.8	571.5	485.3

Malaysia, dark red meranti monthly prices, 1990s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	571.4	584.7	581.7	565.3	507.4	510.9	501.4	503.1	503.3	520.8	529.4	517.5	533.1
1991	515.1	513.3	523	551.3	540.2	558.3	557	568.6	589.1	573.1	573.9	567.4	552.5
1992	577.8	599.2	602.2	616.4	628.7	610.8	609.6	607.4	606.2	600.3	623.7	604.4	607.2
1993	605.4	618.1	616.8	645.4	776.6	803.6	829.8	835.6	851.1	851.3	835.2	830.1	758.3
1994	773.5	759	772	819.9	851.6	876.9	875.8	885.1	862	806	792.7	778	821
1995	793.8	753.2	713.6	730.8	750.8	759.1	752.3	741.7	728.7	723.5	716.1	715.8	739.9
1996	719.3	713.7	728.7	751.4	753.1	747.9	744	743.4	755.3	758.9	753.7	726.9	741.4
1997	743.8	753.3	756.6	749.8	747.6	744.9	705.7	649	595.3	533.3	519.4	475.5	664.5
1998	413.4	504.1	506.1	506	472.7	451.4	437.5	455.6	503.5	510.5	514	535	484.1
1999	538.5	538.5	555.9	559.4	580.4	608.4	625.9	629.4	643.4	643.4	643.4	643.4	600.8

Malaysia, dark red meranti monthly prices, 2000s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	643.4	643.4	636.4	636.4	629.4	629.4	604.9	604.9	542	538.5	517.5	510.5	594.7
2001	496.5	500	500	500	482.5	475.5	465	475.5	489.5	461.5	461.5	468.5	481.3
2002	468.5	486	486	503.5	503.5	524.5	542	559.4	566.4	566.4	552.4	563	526.8
2003	552.4	549	559.4	559.4	552.4	552.4	552.4	559.4	545.5	545.5	545.5	538.5	551
2004	538.5	552.4	552.4	552.4	587.4	590.9	594.4	594.4	594.4	601.4	608.4	608.4	581.3
2005	636.4	636.4	646.9	643.4	657.3	657.3	657.3	664.3	671.3	671.3	685.3	685.3	659.4
2006	713.3	713.3	713.3	720.3	759.9	749.3	749.6	769.3	766.7	762.1	777	798.2	749.4
2007	796.4	795.4	791.5	808.8	806.2	807.1	826.4	816.7	819.6	813	806.3	788.3	806.3
2008	812.6	855.8	912.5	941	933.6	932.9	932.8	879.4	888.8	861.7	872.3	845.8	889.1
2009	818.4	806.7	815.9	815.7	855.4	817.9	760.3	769.7	784.3	805.1	821.1	796	805.5

Malaysia, dark red meranti monthly prices, 2010s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	792.4	781	790.1	820.2	836.5	841.1	871.2	892.2	876	880.2	901.5	897	848.3
2011	907.8	927.8	929.2	946.2	958.1	973.2	969.4	973.6	952.7	954.2	892.8	888.4	939.4
2012	877	885.1	886.5	896.4	892.2	862.8	857.9	856.7	878.2	873.4	870	879.9	876.3
2013	870.6	842.9	822	834.4	833.2	844.6	827.7	845	865.1	877	878.2	892.8	852.8
2014	897.8	902.2	905.7	912.5	918.1	921.3	930.6	910.3	889	875.8	859.9	852.2	898
2015	826.7	835.2	816.6	814.2	842.5	847.7	848.1	850	836.7	835.8	828.6	816.8	833.2
2016	785.6	780.1	775	780	792	774.7	717.1	714.8	716.6	672.9	677.3	680.3	738.9
2017	671.8	680.5	672.5	688.4	704.5	697.4	707.8	706.6	725.3	719.5	720.5	730.5	702.1
2018	751.9	762.2	761.4	767	734.6	724.3	717.8	701.8	711.4	709.2	702.8	691	727.9
2019	702.1	708.8	718.1	710.6	700.1	691	679.9	662	672.9	688.6	702.4	714.2	695.9

Malaysia, dark red meranti monthly prices, 2020s, $/m³
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	712.6	706.4	675.3	676.7	670.5	682.4	690.2	715.6	707.4	707.1	719.9	732.4	699.7
2021	743.6	755.3	755.5	754.4	767.3	764.7	752.4	752.1	748.7	746.4	733.5	725.6	750
2022	739	738	718	705.8	678.8	671.8	653.6	653.4	617.6	614.9	639.7	663.6	674.5
2023	665.7	659.2	661.4	678.4	680.4	688	702.1	692.4	675.9	662.9	676.6	690	677.8
2024	692.3	688.4	692.7	682.7	688.4	692.8	700.8	704.8	720.2	711.7	694.5	689.2	696.5
2025	673.2	683.1	703.6	716.8	728.4	738.6	736.2	732.6	736	727.7	715.3	729.6	718.4
2026	736.9	740.6	726.9	732.5	735.3	726.8	728.9	737.9					733.2

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Sawnwood price history (1970–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/sawnwood/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.