Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 10/2025

The decline in industrial roundwood prices continued in October. In standing sales, average log prices fell by a few percent compared to September, and pulpwood prices fell by almost ten percent. Pulpwood prices have fallen by about a fifth since June, and log prices by almost a tenth. 

In October, as in September, two-fifths less industrial roundwood was purchased than last year. The cumulative purchase volume for January–October was 14 percent lower than a year ago.

Timber prices

• In standing sales in October, spruce logs were sold for around EUR 79 per cubic meter and pine logs for EUR 76 per cubic meter. The average price of spruce logs fell by two percent compared to September, and pine logs by three percent. The price of birch logs fell by two percent to just over EUR 63.
• The average price of pine logs has fallen by around eight euros from its peak in June, spruce logs by seven euros, and birch logs by six euros. Real prices have fallen by almost 10 percent since the beginning of the summer.
• Standing sales prices of pulpwood fell exceptionally sharply, as in the previous month, with prices dropping by almost 10% in a month. The average price of spruce pulpwood fell below EUR 30, while pine and birch prices fell well below EUR 28.
• Prices for pulpwood have fallen by seven to eight euros compared to June. Prices have fallen relatively more compared to logwood, by about a fifth in four months.
• Prices continued to fall in delivery sales as well. The prices of pulpwood fell by six percent from September to between EUR 47 and EUR 50.

Average timber prices and their real changes, October 2025

Trade volumes

• In October, 42 percent less industrial roundwood was purchased from private forests than last year. This was 22 percent below the average figures for the previous five years.
• Purchase volumes have been significantly lower than last year since May, resulting in a 14 percent decrease in cumulative roundwood sales for January–October compared to the previous year. The figure was two percent below the average for the previous five years.

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. In October 2025, consumer prices fell by 0.2 percent compared to a year earlier.

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.

Wood trade data for statistics are provided by the largest buyers of wood and forest management associations. As the information is not rounded up to correspond to the total non-industrial private wood trade in Finland, the published wood volumes only represent about 90 per cent of the wood purchased by forest industries from non-industrial private forests.