Trade of energywood, 3rd quarter 2022

The trade of energywood increased by over a quarter in July–September from a year earlier. In standing sales, the average price of pruned stems fell by three per cent in real terms from the previous quarter, while the price of logging residues fell by 18 per cent. In January-September the trade was 15 per cent down on the previous year, but 13 per cent above the average for the previous three years.

• During the third quarter of 2022, 45 per cent of energywood trade was pruned stems. In standing sales, the average price paid for it was EUR 6.0 per cubic metre. In real terms, it was three per cent less than in the previous quarter but the average price for the whole of last year was exceeded by nine per cent. In delivery sales the mean roadside price rose from the previous quarter by nine per cent to EUR 32.8.

• Half of the energywood trade were logging residues. The average price paid for logging residues was EUR 4.8 per cubic metre in standing sales. The real price decreased by 18 per cent from the previous quarter and was three per cent lower than during the whole previous year. In delivery sales, the price fell by six per cent from the previous quarter to EUR 18.6.
• In total, 1.1 million cubic metres of energywood was included in the statistics during the third quarter of 2022. This was just over a quarter more than a year earlier and two-thirds more than the average for the previous three years.
• During January–September, 2.8 million cubic metres of energywood was recorded in statistics. Trade declined by 15 per cent year-on-year but was 13 per cent more than the average over the previous three years. Compared to the previous three years, trade in logging residues increased by 22 per cent and trade in pruned stems by 11 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.