Commercial fellings, 2/2023

Figures corrected in January-September data 20.12.2023.

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In February 2023, a total of 5.8 million cubic metres of roundwood was harvested for industrial use. This removal volume was up 1% from the previous year and down 1% from the five-year February average. In January-February, 11.9 million cubic metres of roundwood were harvested for use by the forest industries. This removal volume was up 4% from the previous year and up 1% from the five-year average.

Sawlogs accounted for 2.4 million m³ and pulpwood for 3.4 million m³ of the industrial roundwood removal.
Industrial roundwood removals from non-industrial private forests were 4.9 million cubic metres, down by 1% from the year before.
The felling volume in forest industry companies’ forests and state-owned forests was 0.9 million cubic metres, up by 10% from the year before.
Energywood removals totalled 855,000 cubic metres, of which delimbed stems and whole-trees was 82%.

Felling volumes (m3) and change (%) of commercial fellings by roundwood assortment, January-February 2023
	Felling volumes	Previous year	Average of the previous five year
	1 000 m3	%	%
Industrial roundwood total	11 936	4	1
Logs total	4 988	2	4
Pine logs	2 135	3	7
Spruce logs	2 635	1	2
Hardwood logs	219	3	-2
Pulpwood total	6 948	5	-1
Pine pulpwood	2 930	8	1
Spruce pulpwood	2 144	9	5
Hardwood puplwood	1 874	-4	-11
Energywood total	401	0	26