Volumes and prices in roundwood trade, 8/2025

Roundwood prices continued to fall in August. In standing sales, average log prices have fallen by four to five euros from their peak in June, and pulpwood prices by around three euros.

In August, industrial roundwood purchases were down by more than a quarter compared to last year. The cumulative purchase volume for January–August was 6% lower than last year. However, it exceeded the average level for the previous five years by 6%.

Timber prices

In standing sales in August, spruce logs were paid for an average of EUR 82 and pine logs for EUR 80 per cubic meter. Prices fell by more than two euros, or nearly 3%, compared to July. The price of birch logs fell by 3% to below EUR 65.
The standing sale prices of pulpwood fell by a greater percentage than those of sawlogs. The average price of spruce pulpwood fell well below EUR 34, while the prices of pine and birch pulpwood dropped below EUR 32.
The standing sale prices of pine and spruce logs have fallen by around four euros from their June peaks, birch logs by almost five euros, and pulpwood by around three euros. Despite this, the real price of birch logs remained at the average level for the whole of last year, and the prices of other main roundwood assortments were 2–4 percent higher.
Delivery sales prices also fell. In pulpwood procurement deals, prices fell one percent from July to between EUR 53 and EUR 55.

Average timber prices and their real changes, August 2025

	August 2025	Compared to the previous month	Compared to the previous year as a whole
	€/m³	%	%
Standing sales
Pine logs	80,04	-3	4
Spruce logs	82,12	-2	3
Birch logs	64,67	-3	0
Pine pulpwood	31,25	-6	3
Spruce pulpwood	33,47	-4	3
Birch pulpwood	31,57	-6	2
Delivery sales
Pine pulpwood	52,72	-1	6
Spruce pulpwood	54,52	-1	7
Birch pulpwood	53,08	-1	5

Trade volumes

In August, 28 percent less industrial roundwood was purchased from private forests than last year. This was 20 percent below the average figures for the previous five years.
Purchase volumes were significantly lower than last year for the fourth consecutive month. However, volumes in the early part of the year were so high that the cumulative volume of timber sales from January to August was only six percent lower than last year. The average for the previous five years was exceeded by six percent.

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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 August 2025, the annual increase in consumer prices was 0.5 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.