High roundwood prices and slightly higher felling volumes lift income, even as trade and prices ease late in the year.
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Sawlogs fall 5% in March, while pulpwood down 1%.
Finland consumes 78.9 million m3 of roundwood in 2025 Headline option 3: Finland forest industry roundwood use rises 6% in 2025 Subheading: Forest industry processing totalled 66.1 million m3, while energy use fell to 12.8 million m3.
Standing sales prices for sawlogs and pulpwood increased, while industrial roundwood purchases from private forests remained below year-earlier and five-year levels.
Sawlog harvesting drops 11% in February, while energywood totals 0.5 million m3, mostly delimbed stems and whole trees.
Forest chips fell to 9.1 million m3, while forest industry by-products rose to 10.4 million m3 in heat-only and combined heat and power generation.
Standing-sale softwood log prices stayed near January levels, and delivery-sale spruce and birch pulpwood stabilized while pine edged lower.
Pine and spruce each account for more than 2.1 million m3 across logs and pulpwood.
Standing-sale stumpage prices for pine, spruce and birch sawlogs slip 1% month over month, while pine pulpwood drops 10%.
Average stumpage price reaches 16 euros per cubic metre, while delivery sales average nearly 40 euros.
Harvests from private forests amount to 47.6 million m3, representing 79% of total volume.
Total 2025 purchase volume is 19% below 2024 level as stumpage and delivery prices for all timber types continue to decline.
From January to November, total industrial roundwood harvest reaches 56.2 million m3, increasing 2% from the previous year.
Cumulative harvest from January to October reaches 51.4 million m3, 2% higher than the previous year, according to Natural Resources Institute Finland.
Standing sale prices for pine, spruce, and birch logs decline by up to 3%, while total roundwood purchases remain 14% lower for January–October compared to last year.
Cumulative purchases for January–September are two-fifths below last year as logging residues and delimbed stems volumes decline.
Pulpwood harvest grows 8% while sawlog volumes fall 1% over nine-month period.
January–September sales volume remains 10% below 2024, despite exceeding five-year average by 1%.
Stumpage value of standing trees increases to Euro 80 billion nationwide.