Commercial fellings 2023

In 2023 a total of 61.0 million cubic meters of logs and pulpwood were harvested for industrial use and exports. Removals decreased by 3,0 million cubic meters from previous year and being five per cent below the average level of the previous five years. The volume of logs decreased by four percent, while pulpwood harvesting dropped by five percent compared to the previous year. A record amount of energywood for forest chips was harvested.

The majority (80%) of roundwood removals came from non-industrial private forests, totaling 49.0 million cubic meters of industrial roundwood, showing a decrease of 6% from the previous year.
Roundwood removals from forests owned by the state and forest industry companies increased by 3% from the previous year to 12.0 million cubic meters.
Log removals totaled 27.3 million cubic meters, and pulpwood removals amounted to 33.7 million cubic meters.
Of the wood species, pine was harvested the most for industrial use, with 28.0 million cubic meters. Spruce removals were 23.6 million cubic meters, and birch removals 9.4 million cubic meters.
Energywood removals totaled 7.5 million cubic meters, marking an 8% increase compared to the previous year. Of energywood removals, whole trees and delimbed stems accounted for 65%. Logging residues remained at the same level as in previous years.

Regional information

In different regions, the highest industrial roundwood removals were recorded in Northern Savonia (6.6 million m³) and North Karelia (6.4 million m³).
Industrial roundwood removals exceeded one million cubic meters in the municipalities of Kuopio (1.3 million m³) and Mikkeli (1.1 million m³).
In different regions, the highest energywood removals was recorded in Pirkanmaa (0.8 million m³).

Felling volumes (m3) and change (%) of commercial fellings by roundwood assortment 2023

	Felling volumes	Compared to the previous year	Compared to the average of the previous five year
	1 000 m3	%	%
Industrial roundwood total	60 999	-5	-5
Logs total	27 337	-4	-1
Pine logs	12 380	0	4
Spruce logs	13 812	-8	-5
Hardwood logs	1 144	0	3
Pulpwood total	33 662	-5	-8
Pine pulpwood	15 594	-3	-7
Spruce pulpwood	9 774	-5	-5
Hardwood pulpwood	8 294	-8	-12
Energywood total	7 485	8	27

The total volume of roundwood removals

Final statistics for 2023 were clearly higher than preliminary data

Preliminary data on fellings and drain in 2023 were published in February. According to the final statistics for commercial fellings, 2.4 million cubic metres more logs and pulpwood was harvested than forecast, and 1.7 million cubic metres more energywood. The reason for the revision of the data is that the final statistics are calculated from data provided by more than 120 companies, while monthly data from only about 25 companies are available for the preliminary data.