Total roundwood removals and drain by region, 2016

• The total volume of roundwood harvested from the Finnish forests in 2016 amounted to 70 million cubic metres. The volume is 2.3 million cubic metres or three per cent higher than last year and higher than ever.
• Of these roundwood removals, 62.1 million cubic metres (88%) consisted of logs and pulpwood harvested for export or the raw material of Finnish industries. The volume increased by 3.3 million cubic metres on the previous year and was approximately 9 million cubic metres higher than the annual average of the previous ten-year period.
• The rest, 8.2 million cubic metres, consisted of energywood, i.e. stemwood to be used as fuelwood in residential housing or as wood chips in heat and power plants.
• The maximum sustainable stemwood felling potential of Finnish forests has been estimated at approximately 81 million cubic metres of industrial and energywood annually for 2011–2020. According to roundwood removals statistics, 87% of this potential was in use nationally in 2016.
• There was considerable regional variation in the use of the felling potential. In 2016, roundwood removals exceeded the estimated annual felling potential in many regions in Southeast Finland and in Häme. The utilisation rate for spruce was higher than that for other tree species.
• In 2016, roundwood drain increased to a new record, almost 86 million cubic metres. The total drain comprises roundwood removals as well as logging residue left in the forest plus naturally dead trees. The volume of standing trees increased by approximately 110 million cubic metres, so the total volume of growing stock increased by almost 25 million cubic metres.

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

Regional classifications

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