Commercial fellings 2024

Commercial fellings 2024 – statistical data corrected on 31 March 2026

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In 2024 a total of 62.2 million cubic meters of logs and pulpwood were harvested for industrial use and exports. The harvest volume increased by 2% (+1.2 million m³) compared to the previous year. The harvesting volume was the same as the average of the previous five years. A total of 8.2 million cubic metres of energy wood was harvested, and the harvesting volume increased by nine percent from the previous year.

• The majority of roundwood removals came from non-industrial private forests, totaling 49.7 million (+1% from the previous year).
• In state-owned and forestry company forests, 12.5 million cubic meters of industrial wood were harvested (+4%).
• Log removals totaled 28.7 million cubic meters (+5 %), and pulpwood removals amounted to 33.5 million cubic meters (0 %).
• Pine was the most harvested species, totaling 28.6 million cubic meters. Spruce accounted for 24.4 million cubic meters, and birch for 9.2 million cubic meters.
• More than six million cubic meters of industrial wood were harvested from North Karelia (6.6 million m³) and North Savo (6.4 million m³).
• Industrial roundwood removals exceeded a million cubic meters in the municipalities of Kuopio (1.2 million m³) and Mikkeli (1.1 million m³).
• Industrial wood harvesting volumes decreased in the regions of North Savo, Southwest Finland, Satakunta, Uusimaa, and Åland. 

• A total of 8.2 million cubic meters of energywood was harvested for use in heating and power plants (+9%).
• Of energywood removals, whole trees and delimbed stems accounted for 69%.
• The harvesting of energy wood grew most significantly in the regions of South Karelia and Kainuu.
• The harvesting volumes decreased the most in the regions of North Karelia and Åland.
• In different regions, the highest energywood removals was recorded in Pirkanmaa (0.8 million m³).

The total volume of roundwood removals