Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 11/2025

The volume of industrial roundwood trade in November was exceptionally small, about half of the figures from previous years. The cumulative purchase volume for January–November was 18 percent lower than a year ago.

In standing sales of industrial roundwood, the decline in prices continued in November. The average prices of sawlogs fell by a few percent compared with October, while the prices of pulpwood dropped by as much as six to nine percent. Since June, pulpwood prices have already fallen by almost ten euros, which is about one quarter.

Timber prices

• In November standing sales, the price paid for spruce sawlogs was about 78 euros per cubic metre and for pine logs just under 75 euros. The average price of spruce logs fell by one percent compared with October, and pine logs by two percent. The price of birch logs declined by one percent to below 63 euros.
• The average price of pine logs has dropped by more than nine euros from the peak levels in June, spruce logs by nearly eight euros, and birch logs by almost seven euros.
• Prices of pulpwood in standing sales fell exceptionally sharply again, as in previous months. The average price of spruce pulpwood dropped to below 28 euros, while the prices of pine and birch pulpwood fell to around 25 euros.
• The nationwide average prices of pulpwood have already decreased by nearly ten euros compared with June. Prices of pine and birch pulpwood have fallen by more than 27 percent in five months, and spruce pulpwood by almost 24 percent.
• The prices of pulpwood also declined in delivery sales, as the price of spruce pulpwood fell to below 48 euros and the prices of pine and birch to around 45 euros. The delivery prices of pulpwood decreased in euro terms roughly as much as stumpage prices, but in stumpage sales the percentage changes were about twice as large.

Average timber prices and their real changes, November 2025

Trade volumes

• In November, only about half the amount of industrial roundwood was purchased from private forests compared to last year and the average of the previous five years. The statistical data has been collected in its current scope since 2016, and this November recorded the smallest timber trade volume of the past ten-year period.
• Since May, purchase volumes have been clearly smaller than last year. The cumulative roundwood trade volume for January–November was already 18 percent lower than a year ago. The five‑year average was undershot by seven percent

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 November 2025, consumer prices fell by 0.04 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.