In December 2025, the volume of timber and pulpwood harvested for industrial use in Finland was exceptionally low at 3.9 million m3, according to Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The volume was one-fifth less than in December of the previous year, and the lowest December harvest since 2008.
Preliminary data show that a total of 60.1 million m3 of industrial roundwood was harvested in 2025. The total volume decreased by 2.0 million m3, or 3%, compared with 2024.
Of the total harvested volume, 79% came from private forests, where 47.6 million m3 of industrial roundwood was harvested. This was 4% less than in the previous year. Harvesting in state-owned forests and forests owned by forest industry companies decreased by 1%, totalling 12.4 million m3.
The amount of timber harvested in 2025 was 26.8 million m3, while pulpwood harvests totalled 33.3 million m3. Timber harvests decreased by 6%, and pulpwood harvests by 1% compared with the previous year.
Species-specific changes vary: pine logs decrease by 8%, spruce logs by 5%, and deciduous logs by 8%. Pulpwood changes differ by species: pine pulpwood decreases by 3%, spruce pulpwood increases by 3%, and deciduous pulpwood is unchanged.
The total amount of energywood harvested in 2025 was 6.8 million m3, which was 7% less than in 2024. Of this, 52% consisted of delimbed stems and whole trees.
In December, timber harvests reached 1.9 million m3 and pulpwood harvests 2.0 million m3. From private forests, 2.9 million m3 of industrial roundwood was harvested, down 24% from December 2024. Harvesting in state-owned and forest industry company forests amounted to 1.0 million m3, 12% less than a year earlier.
A total of 392 thousand m3 of energywood was harvested in December, with 55% consisting of delimbed stems and whole trees.
Commercial fellings include industrial roundwood and energywood harvested for industrial use or export. Total removals, which cover all stemwood removals, include commercial fellings, small-scale firewood, and wood used by forest owners.