Finland’s softwood logs imports rose by 65% in the first nine months of the year, up to 1.3 million cubic meters. In volume, Finnish imports rose by 92%, up to EUR 87 million. In September alone, imports more than doubled (+139%) up to 250 thousand m3.
In January-September 2018, the largest amount of softwood logs was imported from Russia, about 450 thousand m3, but lower by -13% as compared to the same period of last year. In the second place came Estonia, followed by Poland, both with a sharp increase in imports.
Finnish imports from Estonia increased by 48%, up to more than 300 thousand m3, while imports from Poland rose from nearly zero in January-September 2017, up to 266 thousand m3 in the same period of 2018. Imports from Latvia were up by 335% (up to 196 thousand meters).
The Finnish forest industry paid on average about EUR 64 per cubic meter in January-September 2018, higher than the EUR 55/m3 in the same period of last year.
Softwood logs imported by Finland from... (in cbm ) |
Jan.-Sep. 2017 |
Jan.-Sep. 2018 |
Change in % |
|||
|
287,736 |
891,282 |
210 % |
|||
|
208,785 |
309,862 |
48 % |
|||
|
1,979 |
266,044 |
13,343 % |
|||
|
45,099 |
196,002 |
335 % |
|||
|
24 |
66,832 |
278,367 % |
|||
|
31,849 |
50,952 |
60 % |
|||
|
- |
1,590 |
% |
|||
|
533,228 |
459,928 |
-14 % |
|||
|
528,446 |
459,028 |
-13 % |
|||
|
4,782 |
900 |
-81 % |
|||
TOTAL |
820,964 |
1,351,210 |
65 % |
Data source: Eurostat; HS code 44032
Softwood logs imported by Finland from... (in EUR ) |
Jan.-Sep. 2017 |
Jan.-Sep. 2018 |
Change in % |
|||
|
14,242,529 |
58,977,199 |
314 % |
|||
|
9,873,889 |
20,802,166 |
111 % |
|||
|
22,491 |
16,212,672 |
71,985 % |
|||
|
2,276,554 |
13,346,277 |
486 % |
|||
|
6,191 |
4,727,088 |
76,254 % |
|||
|
2,063,404 |
3,505,793 |
70 % |
|||
|
- |
383,203 |
% |
|||
|
31,285,923 |
28,370,436 |
-9 % |
|||
|
30,017,161 |
28,130,406 |
-6 % |
|||
|
1,268,762 |
240,030 |
-81 % |
|||
TOTAL |
45,528,452 |
87,348,168 |
92 % |
Data source: Eurostat; HS Code: 44032