Commercial fellings 2020

• In 2020, a total of 58.2 million cubic metres of logs and pulpwood was harvested for industrial use. This removal volume was 5.1 million m³, or 8 per cent, lower than in the previous year. The felling volume corresponded to the average level of felling in the preceding ten-year period.
• The majority (81 per cent) of roundwood removals came from private forests, totalling 47.1 million cubic metres of industrial wood, down by 11 per cent from the previous year. Combined roundwood removals by forest industry companies and the state from their own forests grew by 5 per cent to 11.1 million cubic metres.
• Log removals were 24.8 and pulpwood removals 33.6 million cubic metres. The felling volume of logs decreased by 4 per cent from the previous year, and that of pulpwood by 11 per cent.
• Of the different wood assortments, the felling volumes of birch logs and birch pulpwood decreased relatively the most, by 13 per cent. The felling of spruce logs decreased by 4 per cent, and the felling of pine logs by 3 per cent. The felling volumes of pine and spruce pulpwood decreased by 10 per cent.
• Of the wood species, pine was harvested most for industrial use, 26.5 million cubic metres. Spruce removals were 22.1, and birch removals 9.6 million cubic metres.
• Roundwood removals were the highest in the regions of Northern Savo (5.9 million m³), Southern Savo (5.8 million m³) and Central Finland (5.7 million m³).
• A total of 6.2 million cubic metres of energy wood was harvested. This volume is 1.1 million cubic metres, or 22 per cent, higher than in the previous year. A total of 3.8 million cubic metres of delimbed stems and whole trees was harvested. The total volume of stumps and logging residues was 2.4 million cubic metres.

Amount of pine and spruce pulpwood for region North Ostrobothnia and the whole country have been revised on 12th May 2022. Amount of pulpwood decreased 0,1 million cubic metres