Procurements from private forests in Finland totalled 16.4 million cubic meters last year, which is a little over half of the volume attained in 2008. The year's total purchases equalled about 21 million cubic meters of felled timber."The reorganization of the forest-based sector must clarify the roles of the different actors and increase supply of forest-related services,” says Anders Portin, Senior Vice President, Finnish Forest Industries Federation. "We need fresh operating models and active entrepreneurs, who can supply forest owners with convenient services, because this would spur timber sales," Portin continues.The stumpage prices of softwood logs fell by an average of 20 percent in 2009, while birch log stumpage prices were down 27 percent, and pulpwood prices decreased by 16–20 percent.Roundwood imports from Russia to Finland fell by three-quarters in 2009, leading to an increase in demand for domestic timber.