Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 3/2026

Standing sales prices for roundwood increased in March. The average price of spruce sawlogs strengthened from February by two euros to over 80 euros per cubic metre. The price of pine sawlogs rose correspondingly to almost 75 euros, and birch sawlogs to 61 euros. The eight‑month decline in pulpwood prices turned into a slight increase.

Roundwood trade volumes remain far below the levels of previous years. Trade in March and during the early part of the year was about one fifth lower than a year earlier.

Timber prices

The average standing sales price of spruce logs rose in March to over 80 euros per cubic metre. This was two euros, or just under two percent, more than in February. The average price of pine logs increased by one percent to nearly 75 euros, and the price of birch logs by three percent to 61 euros.
The average standing sales prices of pulpwood also rose slightly, ending up between approximately 22 and 25 euros.
In delivery sales, pulpwood prices remained roughly at the February level. The average delivery sales price of pine pulpwood fell by one percent to slightly above 40 euros. More than 43 euros was paid for spruce pulpwood and birch pulpwood.

Average timber prices and their real changes in March 2026

	March 2026	Compared to the previous month	Compared to the previous year as a whole
	€/m³	%	%
Standing sales
Pine logs	74,67	1	-8
Spruce logs	80,13	2	-4
Birch logs	61,04	3	-8
Pine pulpwood	21,81	2	-30
Spruce pulpwood	24,65	0	-26
Birch pulpwood	22,85	2	-27
Delivery sales
Pine pulpwood	40,33	-1	-22
Spruce pulpwood	43,42	0	-18
Birch pulpwood	43,39	0	-17

Trade volumes

In March, purchases of industrial roundwood from private forests were 19% lower than a year earlier. The volume was 21% below the average for the previous five years.
The cumulative roundwood trade for January–March was 22% lower than a year ago and 15% below the five‑year average. Compared with the previous five years, trade in logwood decreased by 8%, while trade in pulpwood declined by 22%. Purchases of spruce logs have declined less than those of the other assortments.

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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 March 2026, the annual increase in consumer prices was 1.3 per cent.

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.