In January and February 2025, industrial roundwood harvests in Finland totaled 12.9 million m3, a 10% increase from the same period last year. February alone saw 6.3 million m3 harvested for industrial use, which was 5% more than February 2024 and 11% above the five-year average, according to the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Of the total January–February volume, 5.4 million m3 were sawlogs and 7.5 million m3 were pulpwood. Within the sawlog category, spruce logs recorded the sharpest growth with 2.9 million m3 harvested, up 13% from last year. Hardwood logs also rose 13%, totaling 266 thousand m3. Pine logs made up 2.2 million m3, increasing by just 1%.
Pulpwood removals rose 12% year-on-year, reaching 7.5 million m3. Spruce pulpwood led the growth at 2.4 million m3, up 20%, followed by hardwood pulpwood at 2 million m3, up 10%, and pine pulpwood at 3.1 million m3, which rose 7%.
Removals from non-industrial private forests accounted for 5.3 million m3, marking a 6% increase. Forest industry companies and state-owned forests supplied 1 million m3, up by 1%.
Energywood removals in February totaled 800 thousand m3. Of that, 57% were delimbed stems and whole trees. Over the two-month period, energywood harvests reached 1.5 million m3.