Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 1/2023

Figures corrected in July 2022-February 2023 data on 20.4.2023.​

Read more on the page Changes and corrections in the statistics.​

Pulpwood prices continued to rise in January. In the standing sales, their real prices were, by tree species, two to three percent higher and in delivery sales five to six percent higher than in December. Compared with average prices for the whole of last year, standing sales prices were 7–14 per cent higher and roadside prices were 15–16 per cent higher. Average prices of logs remained at the December level.

• In January, the average price paid for spruce logs was EUR 72.6 and for pine logs EUR 68.7 per cubic metre in standing sales. Average prices were the same in real terms as in December. Compared to the whole of last year, the price level of logs was one per cent lower.
• The standing sale price was EUR 24.1 per cubic metre for spruce pulpwood, EUR 22.5 for pine pulpwood and 22.8 for birch pulpwood. Compared to the previous month, prices rose by two to three percent. In real terms, the price of birch pulpwood exceeded the average price for the whole of last year by 14 per cent. The increase was 11 per cent for pine and seven per cent for spruce.
• The mean roadside prices continued to rise and were five to six percent higher than in December. The average price paid for pine pulpwood was EUR 42.8, for spruce pulpwood EUR 44.3 and for birch pulpwood EUR 44.3. These prices were already 15–16 per cent higher than the average roadside prices for the whole of last year. In January pulpwood assortments accounted for 68 per cent of the total roundwood trade by delivery sales.
• The volume of trade in January was normal, as 3.3 million cubic metres of industrial roundwood was recorded in statistics. This was 15 per cent up on the previous January and 11 per cent lower than the earlier five-year average.

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.

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.