Commercial fellings, 1/2023

Figures corrected in January-September data 20.12.2023.​

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In January 2023, a total of 6.1 million cubic metres of roundwood was harvested for industrial use. This removal volume was up 3% from the five-year January average. Sawlog removals remained high.

• In January 2023, a total of 6.1 million cubic metres of roundwood was harvested for industrial use. This removal volume was up 7% from the previous year and up 3% from the five-year January average.
• Sawlog removals were 2.6 million and pulpwood removals 3.5 million cubic metres. Compared with the average in January in the previous five years, sawlog removals were 3% and pulpwood removals 3% higher.
• Industrial roundwood removals from non-industrial private forests were 5.1 million cubic metres, up by 4% from the year before.
• The felling volume in forest industry companies’ forests and state-owned forests was 1.0 million cubic metres, up by 23% from the year before.
• Energywood removals totalled 0,4 million cubic metres, of which delimbed stems and whole-trees was 70%.