Finland's wood imports from January-March totaled 1.51 million m3, of which a third came from Estonia, 30% from Latvia, 27% Sweden; export value of Finland's forest products in March totaled €1.33B, of which pulp and paper industries share was 76%: Luke

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HELSINKI , June 13, 2023 (press release) –

In March 2023 the exports value of forest industry products totalled EUR 1.33 billion. Of this the share of pulp and paper industries was 76%.

Wood imports

In March wood imports totalled 0.62 million cubic meters. Of imported wood 60% was pulpwood, a fair quarter chips and 4% logs. The remaining 11% consisted of fuelwood and by-products wood, such as wood pellets.
In January-March wood imports totalled 1.51 million cubic meters. Of imported wood a third originated from Estonia. The share of Latvia was 30% and Sweden 27%.

The volume of wood imports and change in March 2023
	March 2023	Compared to the average monthly import in 2022	January-March 2023	Compared to January-March 2022
	1,000 m³	%	1,000 m³	%
Total	616	34	1 508	-19
Pulpwood	370	43	885	6
Chips	159	20	395	-49
Logs	22	167	42	-17
Other	65	8	186	-15

Exports of the forest industries

In January-March the exports value of forest industry products totalled EUR 3.26 billion and decreased in real terms from same period previous year by 3% (deflated using wholesale price index, 1949=100). Of the exports value the share of paperboard was 26%, pulp a quarter and paper 21%. The share of sawn goods was 15%.

Real value, volume and change in March 2023 of the main forest industry exports products
	March 2023		Compared to average monthly exports in 2022
	value	volume	value	volume
	milj. €	1,000 *	%	%
FOREST INDUSTRY PRODUCTS	1 327	.	10	.
WOOD-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES	366	.	8	.
Sawn Goods	218	949	2	34
Plywood	77	91	36	21
PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRIES	961	.	11	.
Bleached sulphate pulp	269	373	27	33
Magazine paper	131	141	16	7
Fine paper	89	74	13	9
Paperboard	338	330	2	-2
	January-March 2023		Compared to January-March 2022
FOREST INDUSTRY PRODUCTS	3 262	.	-3	.
WOOD-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES	795	.	-32	.
Sawn Goods	477	2 097	-35	-5
Plywood	163	194	-10	-21
PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRIES	2 467	.	12	.
Bleached sulphate pulp	730	998	50	36
Magazine paper	302	321	33	14
Fine paper	217	173	119	98
Paperboard	851	835	-21	-23
*Wood-products industries 1,000 m³, pulp and paper industries products 1,000 t

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