In June 2018, an all-time high volume of 5.1 million m3 of roundwood was harvested for use by the forest industries in Finland. This logging volume was 29% up over the previous year and 52% up over the ten-year June average, reports Natural Resource Institute Finland (Luke).

Sawlogs accounted for 2.1 million m3 and pulpwood for 3.0 million m3 out of the total roundwood harvested for the industrial purposes.

Industrial roundwood logging volumes from forests in non-industrial private ownership were 3.9 million m3. The Finnish forest industry companies and the state harvested 1.1 million m3 of roundwood from their forests.

Besides, in June 2018, 333,000 m3 of wood was harvested in Finland for energy production.