Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 4/2026

The rise in standing sales prices continued in April. The average stumpage price of spruce sawlogs strengthened by slightly more than one euro to over 81 euros per cubic metre. The price of pine sawlogs exceeded 76 euros, and the price of birch sawlogs rose to nearly 62 euros. Pulpwood stumpage prices also increased, although delivery sale prices fell by a few per cent.

Roundwood trade volumes remained low. The purchase volume in April decreased by two-fifths from the level recorded a year earlier, and the total purchase volume for the early part of the year remained more than one quarter below last year’s figures.

Timber prices

The average stumpage sales price of spruce sawlogs rose in April to over 81 euros per cubic metre. This was slightly more than one euro, or one per cent, higher than in March. The average price of pine sawlogs increased by two per cent to 76 euros, and the price of birch sawlogs rose by one per cent to just under 62 euros.
The average stumpage prices of pulpwood also increased slightly, ending up between just under 23 and 25 euros.
In delivery sales, the average prices of pulpwood decreased slightly, with changes ranging between one and two euros. The average delivery price of pine pulpwood fell by three per cent to nearly 39 euros. Spruce pulpwood was purchased for just under 42 euros and birch pulpwood for over 41 euros.

Average roundwood prices and their real changes in April 2026

	April 2026	Compared to the previous month	Compared to the previous year as a whole
	€/m³	%	%
Standing sales
Pine logs	76,08	2	-6
Spruce logs	81,33	1	-3
Birch logs	61,61	1	-7
Pine pulpwood	22,77	4	-27
Spruce pulpwood	24,88	1	-25
Birch pulpwood	23,10	1	-26
Delivery sales
Pine pulpwood	39,32	-3	-24
Spruce pulpwood	41,79	-4	-22
Birch pulpwood	41,41	-5	-21

Trade volumes

In April, purchases of industrial roundwood from private forests were 39 per cent lower than a year earlier. The total volume was 13 per cent below the average of the previous five years.
The cumulative roundwood trade for January–April remained 27 per cent below last year’s level and 14 per cent below the five‑year average. Compared with the previous five years, purchases of sawlogs decreased by eight per cent and purchases of pulpwood by 22 per cent. However, the purchase volume of spruce sawlogs remained at the average level of the previous five years, and purchases of spruce pulpwood declined less than those of the other pulpwood 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 April 2026, the annual increase in consumer prices was 1.5 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.