Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 12/2022

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

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

The volume of roundwood trade was normal in December. In the standing sales, average prices of softwood logs rose by one percent from November. For pulpwood, the unit price of pine rose by as much as seven percent and that of other species by four percent. In delivery sales, pulpwood prices continued to rise and ended up three to four percent higher than in November.

• In December, the average price paid for spruce logs was EUR 72.5 per cubic metre in standing sales. It was one per cent more than in November. The average price of pine logs increased also one per cent to EUR 68.1. In real terms, prices of softwood logs were at the same level as the average prices for the whole of the previous year.
• The standing sale price was EUR 23.3 per cubic metre for spruce pulpwood, EUR 21.8 for pine pulpwood and EUR 22.1 for birch pulpwood. The average price of pine spruce rose by as much as seven per cent and that of other species by four per cent from November. Compared to the average price for the whole of the previous year, the price of birch pulpwood increased most, by 13 percent. The increase was eight percent for pine and three percent for spruce.
• The average roadside price of spruce pulpwood was EUR 42.0, pine EUR 40.2, and birch EUR 41.9. Softwood prices rose by three percent and birch by four percent from November. Prices ended up 13 and 16 percent respectively above the average real prices for the whole of the previous year.
• In December, the volume of timber trade was at the same level as a year earlier. This was five percent less than the average over the previous five years.
• In January–December, timber trade was 11 percent down year-on-year and two percent lower than the average for the previous five years. Compared to the previous five years, log trade increased by one percent and pulpwood trade diminished by five percent.
• Final statistics on the 2022 roundwood trade by price region and by region will be published in February.

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. Before February 2022, the wholesale price index was used in this calculation.

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.