In May 2023, a total of 3.4 million m3 of roundwood was harvested for industrial use in Finland. In January-May, 26.5 million m3 of roundwood were harvested for use by the forest industries. This removal volume was up 1% from the previous year and down 3% from the five-year average, according to the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Sawlogs accounted for 1.6 million m3 and pulpwood for 1.8 million m3 of the industrial roundwood removal.
Industrial roundwood removals from non-industrial private forests were 2.5 million m3, down by 10% from the year before.
The felling volume in forest industry companies’ forests and state-owned forests was 1 million m3, up by 25% from the year before.
Energywood removals totalled 480,000 m3, of which delimbed stems and whole-trees was 43%.
