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Published 3.6.2016
Wood consumption 2015
Published 3.6.2016
- In 2015, 74.3 million cubic metres of roundwood was consumed in Finland, which was one per cent more than a year earlier and 4 per cent above the average in the previous five-year period.
- Most of the roundwood, 64.7 million cubic metres (87%), was consumed as raw material in the forest industries. The remaining 9.6 million cubic metres was turned into energy mainly through combustion of fuelwood in small-scale housing (5.4 million m³) and of forest chips manufactured from stemwood (4.2 million m³) in heating and power plants.
- A total of 24.4 million cubic metres of forest industry by-products and wood residues were consumed. Of this, 8.9 million cubic metres were used for the production of forest industry products.
- The Forest industries’ wood consumption is presented in more detail in Natural Resources Institute Finland’s statistics publication dated 29 April 2016. Detailed information on Wood in energy generation was published on 27 May 2015.
Wood flows from forest to industry products, 2015
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