Operating profit in non-industrial private forest 2021 (provisional)

According to preliminary data, operating profit in non-industrial private forestry was EUR 156 per hectare in 2021. This has only been exceeded in real terms in the peak year of 2007. The result was especially due to record felling of logs.
The operating profit per hectare increased by more than EUR 40 from the previous year, up by 33 percent in real terms. Compared with the average of the last five years, earnings increased by one fifth.
In Southern Finland, the operating profit was EUR 200 per hectare, showing an increase of 35 percent from the previous year in real terms. In Northern Finland, the operating profit was EUR 68 per hectare (+26%). Northern Finland comprises the regions of Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lapland.
Earnings of wood production in non-industrial private forestry totaled EUR 2,374 million (EUR 173 per hectare). These earnings include wood sold to forest industries and for energy generation, as well as wood harvested for private use. The earnings comprise gross stumpage earnings, which are calculated by multiplying the felling volume by standing sales prices.
Estimated investments in wood production decreased to EUR 15 per hectare (EUR 208 million), which is 9 percent less in real terms than in the previous year. The amount includes the estimated value of work carried out by forest owners. The total costs of non-industrial private forestry, including the estimated administrative expenses and equivalents, decreased to EUR 20 per hectare (-7%).
Some investments are funded by state subsidies for non-industrial private forestry. In 2021, state subsidies were EUR 42 million (EUR 3.1 per hectare). The total of subsidies decreased by EUR 8 million from the previous year. EUR 16 million of assigned subsidies remained unused, which is more than ever before.
The nominal values have been converted into real values using the cost-of-living index. Cost-of-living index increased by 2,2 per cent in 2021 from the previous year.

Operating profit in non-industrial, private forestry (deflated using the cost-living index)

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