Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 7/2022

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

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Roundwood prices continued to rise in July and real prices ended up close to the peak level of a year ago. The total amount of timber trade remained at the fairly usual figures for July.

• In July, an average of EUR 73.7 per cubic metre was paid for spruce logs and EUR 69.7 for pine logs in standing sales. These average prices rose by one per cent from June. The real price level of logs was five per cent higher than during the whole previous year in standing sales.
• The standing sale price was EUR 23.1 per cubic metre for spruce pulpwood, EUR 20.2 for pine pulpwood and 19.7 for birch pulpwood. The price of spruce pulpwood rose one per cent from June, while the prices of others remained unchanged. However, the real price level of pulpwood was three per cent higher than the average price of last year.
• The average roadside price of pine pulpwood rose to EUR 36.2, spruce to EUR 37.8 and birch to EUR 39.2. These prices rose by an average of three percent from June. The average roadside price of pine and spruce pulpwood for the whole of last year was exceeded by five percent and the price of birch was no less than 12 percent higher.
• Trade of roundwood in non-industrial private forests returned from the June peak to a normal level.  In July, the volume of purchases was one-fifth smaller than a year before but eight percent more than the average of the previous five years.
• The timber trade in January–July was 30 per cent lower than a year ago and 15 per cent under the average for the previous five years. Compared to the previous five years, log trade diminished by 12 per cent and pulpwood trade by 18 per cent.

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.