Trade of energywood, 3rd quarter 2017

Almost half of the wood purchased as raw material for forest chips was pruned stemwood in the third quarter of 2017. This was the most valuable type of energywood; the average price paid for it was EUR 4.1 per cubic metre in standing sales and EUR 23.0 in delivery sales.
In standing sales the unit price of pruned stems decreased by six per cent and in delivery sales it remained on the same level as in the previous quarter.
Share of logging residues was 42 per cent of energywood sales.
- Almost half of the wood purchased as raw material for forest chips was pruned stemwood in the third quarter of 2017. This was the most valuable type of energywood; the average price paid for it was EUR 4.1 per cubic metre in standing sales and EUR 23.0 in delivery sales.
- In standing sales the unit price of pruned stems decreased by six per cent and in delivery sales it remained on the same level as in the previous quarter.
- Share of logging residues was 42 per cent of energywood sales. The average price paid for it was EUR 3.4 per cubic metre in standing sales and EUR 15.7 in delivery sales.
- In standing sales the price of logging residues climbed by four per cent and in delivery sales by seven per cent compared to the previous quarter.
- The amount of energywood included in the statistics declined approximately by one fourth compared to the previous quarter. Compared with the corresponding period of last year it were up by one fifth.
The recorded prices do not include government subsidy and the prices may also be negative. Subsidy payments were rejected 7.5.2016–19.4.2017, after which applications have been accepted again.

Data concerning the second and third quarter of 2017 was corrected February 27, 2018.