Sawlog harvesting drops 11% in February, while energywood totals 0.5 million m3, mostly delimbed stems and whole trees.
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
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.