Trade of energywood, 3rd quarter 2015

• More than half of the energywood purchased in the third quarter of 2015 as raw material for forest chips was pruned stemwood. This was the most valuable type of energywood; the average price paid for it was EUR 2.8 per cubic metre in standing sales and EUR 23.5 in delivery sales. These prices do not include government subsidy.
• In standing sales the price of pruned stems was up by 7 per cent compared to the previous quarter. In delivery sales, the unit price decreased 7 per cent.
• Logging residues accounted for one third of energywood sales. The average price paid for it was EUR 3.3 per cubic metre in standing sales and EUR 15.5 in delivery sales. These prices were 6 and 4 per cent lower than in the previous quarter.

 The recorded prices do not include government subsidy, which was received by a considerable portion of pruned and unpruned stems. Beginning first of June 2015, the management subsidy for young thinning stands has been EUR 230 per hectare. Additional subsidy for harvesting small sized energywood is EUR 220 per hectare, so the total subsidy can be EUR 450.