Trade of energywood, 1st quarter 2022

In standing sales, the price of pruned stems rose in the first quarter of 2022 and was higher than ever during the statistics that began in 2014. The volume of trade recorded for pruned stems remained roughly at the level of previous years but the total volume of energywood trade decreased.

• Half of energywood trade was pruned stems. In standing sales, the average price paid for it was EUR 7.5 per cubic metre. In real terms, it was 32 per cent more than at the end of last year and 41 per cent over the whole previous year. In delivery sales the mean roadside price rose from the previous quarter by one per cent to EUR 27.9.
• Nearly two fifths of the energywood trade were logging residues. The average price paid for logging residues was EUR 4.9 per cubic metre in standing sales. The real price increased by 10 per cent from the previous quarter and was two per cent higher than during the whole previous year. In delivery sales, the price decreased by four per cent to EUR 17.5.
• As usual, there was a considerable regional variation in the price of energywood assortments.
• In total, 0.7 million cubic metres of energywood was included in the statistics during the first quarter of 2022. It was 19 per cent less than one year before and six per under the average for the previous three years. Compared to the previous three years, the trade in pruned stems increased nine per cent and the trade in logging residues fell 21 per cent.

Unit prices in roundwood trade are recorded in the statistical database at the fair prices valid each time. However, price changes are examined in the texts and graphs in real terms by eliminating the change in value using the cost-of-living index. Before the first quarter of 2022, the wholesale price index was used in this calculation.

The recorded prices are based on prices entered in wood trade agreements. Any other increments and services related to wood trade are not included in the statistics. The prices do not include government subsidies.

The information is not rounded up to correspond to the total non-industrial private wood trade in Finland. This means that the published wood volumes represent only just over half of the energywood purchased from non-industrial private forests.