Description of foreign trade in roundwood and forest industry products statistics

Compiler: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) since 1 January 2015. The Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) compiled the statistics previously.
Statistics home page: Foreign trade in roundwood and forest industry products
Main topic: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Related topics: Trade
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): Yes

Description

The statistics on the foreign trade in roundwood and forest industry products comprise information on the export of wood and forest industry products from Finland and import to Finland. They  also give the total value of product exports from Finland and imports to Finland.

Content

The monthly statistics consist of preliminary information. Final figures are published once a year.  In the annual statistics, information is provided by country.  The monthly statistics do not specify the destination of exports or origin of imports. The statistics give information on trade volumes, values and unit values of products. Values are given as nominal values.

Categories

The roundwood assortments and the forest industry product types used in the statistics are listed on the statistical publication page together with the conversion factors for the figures from Finnish Customs. The country classification follows the classification used by Finnish Customs.

Data collection and sources

Finnish Customs collect the base data for the statistics from the Intrastat declarations filed by companies on internal trade in the EU. Information on EU external trade is based on customs declarations. The data in the statistics is compiled from the ULJAS database on foreign trade published by Finnish Customs.

Update frequency

The statistics are compiled monthly.

Preparation and publication schedule

Monthly statistics are published some seventy days after the reporting month. The annual statistics are published in November following the reporting year.

Time series

Information is available since the 1980s.