Commercial fellings, 4/2023

Figures corrected in January-September data 20.12.2023.

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In April 2023, a total of 4.6 million cubic metres of roundwood was harvested for industrial use. In January-April, 23,1 million cubic metres of roundwood were harvested for use by the forest industries. This removal volume was up 1% from the previous year and down 1% from the five-year average.

Sawlogs accounted for 1.8 million m³ and pulpwood for 2.8 million m³ of the industrial roundwood removal.
Industrial roundwood removals from non-industrial private forests were 3.6 million cubic metres, down by 2% from the year before.
The felling volume in forest industry companies’ forests and state-owned forests was 0.9 million cubic metres, up by 25% from the year before.
Energywood removals totalled 371,000 cubic metres, of which delimbed stems and whole-trees was 78%.

Felling volumes (m3) and change (%) of commercial fellings by roundwood assortment, January-April 2023

	Felling volumes	Compared to the previous year	Compared to the average of the previous five year
	1 000 m3	%	%
Industrial roundwood total	23 052	1	-1
Logs total	9 422	-2	3
Pine logs	4 258	6	9
Spruce logs	4 748	-7	0
Hardwood logs	416	-7	-6
Pulpwood total	13 630	4	-4
Pine pulpwood	5 914	9	-2
Spruce pulpwood	4 041	4	1
Hardwood puplwood	3 675	-5	-13
Energywood total	1 751	-8	28