Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 5/2025

Roundwood prices continued to rise in May to a record high. Timber trade was briskt, although volumes were lower than the exceptionally high May volumes of the previous two years. The trade volume between January and May was 8% higher than a year ago and almost a quarter higher than the average for the previous five years.

Timber prices

In standing sales in May, the average price paid for spruce logs was nearly EUR 86 and pine logs EUR 84. Their average prices rose by 1% in real terms from the previous month. The average price of birch logs rose to EUR 68.
Standing sales prices for logs have risen to exceptionally high levels. The last time average monthly prices were as high was in 2007-2008.
In standing sales of pulpwood, the average price paid for spruce was around EUR 36, and for birch and pine over EUR 34. Prices rose by 1-2% from April.
In delivery sales, average prices for all types of pulpwood rose to over EUR 54 per cubic metre.
The monthly statistics started in 1995 have never recorded such standing sales prices for pine and birch pulpwood, and the last time the average price for spruce pulpwood was this high in real terms was in 2007. Pulpwood delivery prices were also at record levels.

Average timber prices and their real changes, May 2025

	May 2025	Compared to the previous month	Compared to the previous year as a whole
	€/m³	%	%
Standing sales
Pine logs	83,68	1	9
Spruce logs	85,63	1	7
Birch logs	68,01	1	4
Pine pulpwood	34,05	2	11
Spruce pulpwood	35,96	2	11
Birch pulpwood	34,27	1	10
Delivery sales
Pine pulpwood	54,45	3	9
Spruce pulpwood	54,53	0	6
Birch pulpwood	54,19	1	7

Trade volumes

In May, 14% less industrial roundwood was purchased from private forests than one year earlier. However, the volume was 15% higher than the average for the previous five years, as the May timber sales volumes were exceptionally high in 2023 and 2024.
The volume of timber trade in January-May was 8% higher than a year ago and 23% higher than the average for the previous five years.

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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 May 2025, the annual increase in consumer prices was around half a 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.