HELSINKI
,
October 20, 2023
(press release)
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The fall in standing sales prices continued in September. Average prices for spruce and pine logs fell by 4% compared to August and pulpwood prices fell by the same amount. Birch log prices remained unchanged. Since June, the volume of timber trade has been about a third lower than in the previous year. However, due to a busy start to the year, more timber was traded in January-September than in previous years. Timber prices Trade volumes 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 September 2023, the annual increase in consumer prices was around six 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.
Average timber prices and their real changes in private forests, September 2023
September 2023
Compared to the previous month
Compared to the previous year as a whole
€/m3
%
%
Standing sales
Pine logs
67,12
-4
-5
Spruce logs
71,34
-4
-5
Birch logs
59,13
0
15
Pine pulpwood
24,39
-5
17
Spruce pulpwood
26,64
-4
15
Birch pulpwood
25,35
-4
23
Delivery sales
Pine pulpwood
45,30
0
20
Spruce pulpwood
47,20
-1
19
Birch pulpwood
46,48
-3
18
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