Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 1/2026

The purchased volume of industrial roundwood in January was one quarter lower than a year earlier.

Prices continued to fall. The stumpage prices of pine, spruce and birch sawlogs fell by one percent from the previous month. The average prices of pulpwood decreased by three to ten percent, depending on the sales type and tree species. Compared to last summer’s peak levels, pulpwood prices have already fallen by 12–13 euros.

Timber prices

• In January standing sales, the average price paid for spruce sawlogs was slightly above 77 euros per cubic metre, and for pine sawlogs a little over 73 euros. These prices were one percent lower than in December. The price of birch sawlogs also declined by one percent, to slightly above 58 euros.
• The average prices of pine and birch sawlogs have fallen by 11 euros from last June’s peak levels, while the price of spruce sawlogs has decreased by nearly 9 euros.
• The decline in stumpage prices for pulpwood continued in January as well. The average price of pine pulpwood dropped by as much as ten percent during the month, falling below 22 euros. For spruce pulpwood, the price decreased by seven percent to slightly above 24 euros, and for birch pulpwood by four percent to around 23 euros.
• Nationwide average prices for pulpwood have fallen by 12–13 euros since June. The price of pine pulpwood has decreased by nearly 38 percent in seven months, while the prices of spruce and birch pulpwood have dropped by roughly one third.
• The decline in pulpwood prices also continued in delivery sales: spruce pulpwood fell below 43 euros, birch to around 42 euros, and pine to 41 euros. As with stumpage prices, these prices have also fallen by about 12–13 euros from last summer’s peak levels.

Average timber prices and their real changes in January 2026 

Trade volumes

• Purchases of industrial roundwood from privately owned forests in January were 25 percent lower than a year earlier. The volume was 10 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 January 2026, 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.