Trade of energywood, 3rd quarter 2025

Energywood trade continued slowly in the third quarter of the year. Between July and September, wood purchases were half of what they were a year earlier and two-fifths less than the average for the previous five years. The cumulative trade volume for the whole year is already two-fifths behind last year's pace. 

In standing sales, the average price of logging residues fell by eight percent from the previous quarter to EUR 15 per cubic meter, while the average price of delimbed stems rose by five percent to EUR 24. In delivery sales, the price of logging residues fell by 16 percent to around EUR 26, while the price of delimbed stems remained at almost EUR 46.

Prices

• In the third quarter, logging residues accounted for slightly more than half of the energywood trade. The average standing sale price of logging residues across the country was EUR 15 and the delivery sales price was approximately EUR 26 per cubic meter. Compared to the previous quarter, the real standing sale price fell by 8 percent and the delivery sales price fell by 16 percent.
• Delimbed stems wood accounted for more than a quarter of the total volume traded. Its standing sales price rose by five percent to EUR 24, while the delivery price remained unchanged at just under EUR 46.

Average energywood prices and their real changes 

Trade volumes

• A total of 0.6 million cubic meters of energywood was recorded in the statistics for the third quarter of the year. This was 53 percent less than a year earlier and 40 percent less than the average for the previous five years.
• Cumulative purchase volumes for January–September also declined compared to previous years. The volume fell short of last year's figure by two-fifths, as sales of both logging residues and delimbed stems declined by that amount. Compared to the average for the previous five years, the total amount of energywood purchased decreased by 16 percent. The amount of logging residues decreased by seven percent, and trade in delimbed stems declined by more than a third.

Background information on the statistics

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 (1951:10=100). In the third quarter of 2025, the annual increase in consumer prices was 0.4 per cent. 

The recorded prices are based on prices entered in wood trade agreements between the buyers and sellers. 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. The coverage of the statistics varies slightly.