Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 7/2026

Summer is normally the quietest period of the year in the roundwood trade, and in July this year purchases also fell to less than half of the June level. However, the volume of purchased roundwood was typical for July and remained fairly close to the levels recorded in previous years. The cumulative purchase volume for the beginning of the year was almost one-fifth lower than in previous years.

The average prices in standing sales decreased slightly compared to June, as pulpwood prices fell more than log prices.

Timber prices

In standing sales in July, the average price paid for spruce logs was over EUR 83 per cubic metre and for pine logs just under EUR 78 per cubic metre. These prices were one percent lower than in June. The average price of birch logs similarly fell by four percent to below EUR 62.
Standing sales prices of pulpwood fell by four to five percent in a month and returned to the level seen earlier this year. The price of spruce pulpwood dropped below EUR 25 and the price of pine pulpwood below EUR 23. The price of birch pulpwood declined to just over EUR 23.
The average standing sales prices of pulpwood in the whole country have fallen by approximately EUR 12, or one-third, from the price peak reached in June last year.
Delivery sales prices of pulpwood increased slightly. In July, the price of birch pulpwood rose clearly above EUR 44, the price of spruce pulpwood exceeded EUR 43, and the price of pine pulpwood climbed above EUR 41. Peak prices one year earlier were approximately EUR 10–13 higher.

Average roundwood prices and their real changes in July 2026

	July 2026	Compared to the previous month	Compared to the previous year as a whole
	€/m³	%	%
Standing sales
Pine logs	77,90	-1	-4
Spruce logs	83,14	-1	-1
Birch logs	61,80	-4	-7
Pine pulpwood	22,77	-4	-28
Spruce pulpwood	24,80	-5	-26
Birch pulpwood	23,35	-5	-26
Delivery sales
Pine pulpwood	41,20	3	-21
Spruce pulpwood	43,17	2	-19
Birch pulpwood	44,43	0	-15

Trade volumes

Summer is normally the quietest period of the year in the roundwood trade, and this time as well, roundwood purchases fell to less than half of the June level. The purchase volume was typical for July; it exceeded the figure recorded a year earlier by seven percent but remained eight percent below the average for the previous five years.
The cumulative purchase volume for January–July was 19 percent lower than a year earlier. It was also 17 percent below 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 July 2026, the annual increase in consumer prices was 2.1 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.