Commercial fellings, 4/2022

In April 2022, a total of 4.5 million cubic metres of roundwood was harvested for industrial use. This removal volume was down 4% from the previous year and 6% from the five-year April average.

• Sawlog removals were 1.8 million and pulpwood removals 2.7 million cubic metres. Compared with the average in April in the previous five years, sawlog removals were higher 7% and pulpwood removals 13% lower.
• Industrial roundwood removals from non-industrial private forests were 3.7 million cubic metres, down by 2% from the year before.
• The felling volume in forest industry companies’ forests and state-owned forests was 0.8 million cubic metres, down by 12% from the year before.
• Energywood removals totalled 430,000 cubic metres, of which delimbed stems and whole-trees made up 332,000 cubic metres.
• In January-April, 22.7 million cubic metres of roundwood were harvested for use by the forest industries. This removal volume was down 4% from the previous year and 4% from the five-year average. Compared with the average in the previous five years, sawlog removals were higher 6% and pulpwood removals 10% lower.