Total roundwood removals and drain by region, 2014

Roundwood removals, or the total volume of roundwood harvested from the Finnish forests, in 2014 amounted to 65 million cubic metres. The volume remained at the previous year’s peak level.
Of the total volume, 56.3 million cubic metres (86%) consisted of logs and pulpwood harvested for export or the raw material of Finnish industries. The rest, 9.0 million cubic metres, consisted of energy wood, i.e. roundwood to be used as fuel wood in residential housing or as wood chips in heat and power plants.
According to the latest estimations by the Natural Resources Institute Finland, the maximum sustainable felling capacity of industrial roundwood and energy wood is currently around 81 million cubic metres a year. Therefore, about four fifths of the total national felling capacity is in use.
The annual drain was at the previous year’s level and was 79 million cubic metres. This volume consists of the roundwood removals plus logging residue left in the forest plus naturally dead trees.

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