Industrial roundwood removals by region 2016

• In 2016, 61.8 million m³ of roundwood was harvested for use by the forest industries. This removal volume was an all-time high and 3.3 million m³ (+6%) more than in 2015. Compared to the average for the preceding ten-year period, the increase was 17%.
• Sawlogs accounted for 26.0 million m³ and pulpwood for 35.8 million m³ of the industrial roundwood removal.
• Removals from forests in non-industrial private ownership were up by 6% from the previous year to a total of 51.1 million m³.
• Forest industry companies and the state harvested 10.7 million m³ of roundwood from their forests, which is 3% more than the preceding year.
• In total, 4.9 million m³ of energy wood was harvested in 2016. Of this amount, 2.8 million m³ was delimbed and whole-trees. The remaining 2.0 million m³ consisted of logging residues and stumps.

Amount of logging residues for regions Uusimaa, Varsinais-Suomi, Satakunta, Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia (years 2016-2019) has been revised on 5 th March 2021.

Data for regions North Ostrobothnia and Kainuu have been revised in the database on 7 July 2017.