Timber sales livelier in April
May 20 2010 The Finnish forest industry's timber procurements from private forests came to 1.2 million cubic meters in April. The aggregate purchase volume for January-April has almost doubled from the corresponding period of 2009.
Sales of forest industry products have started to recover, and this had lead to increased demand for timber. January-April log purchase volumes in Finland have grown by 95 percent and pulpwood purchase volumes by 83 percent from the corresponding period of 2009.As demand for end products recovers, better prices have also been paid for wood, according to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. Pine pulpwood prices rose four percent to 15 Euros per cubic meter. Spruce and birch pulpwood prices were up 1-2 percent to 18 and 14 Euros per cubic meter, respectively.
