Trade of energywood, 3rd quarter 2019

• Half of the wood purchased as raw material for forest chips was pruned stems and two fifths was logging residues in the third quarter of 2019.
• The average price paid for pruned stems was EUR 4.0 per cubic metre in standing sales and EUR 25.7 in delivery sales. In standing sales the unit price was up by six per cent and in delivery sales it was down by six per cent compared to the previous quarter.
• For logging residues it were paid in standing sales EUR 3.1 per cubic metre and EUR 17.1 in delivery sales. In standing sales the price increased by 10 per cent and in delivery sales decreased by four per cent.

Prices and volumes of logging residues and total energywood in delivery sales for the whole of 2018 and for the third and the fourth quarters of 2018 have been revised 21 May 2019.

The trade statistics are based on the wood prices written into wood trade contracts between buyers and sellers. Other additional pricing components and forest services connected to wood trade are not included in the statistics.

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.