![]() ![]() The second place was taken by the paperboard industry’s multilayer coated cardboard and paperboard, which were exported for a value of EUR 2.3 billion (in the statistics, “other coated paperboard”). Its export value remained at EUR 2.6 billion, even though the volume decreased by 7%. Bleached sulphate pulp became the most important export product with a share of 18% in the value of forest industry exports. The export earnings of the pulp and paper industries decreased by 6% in real terms to EUR 10.5 billion. ![]() ![]() Paper export prices increased but the export volumes decreased The export volume of plywood decreased by 6% to 0.9 million cubic metres, while the value of the exports increased by a couple of per cent. Even though the volume was only slightly lower than in the previous year, the real value of sawn goods exports decreased by 17% to EUR 2.6 billion. A total of 8.5 million cubic metres of sawn goods were exported. The wood-products industries’ export earnings were EUR 4.1 billion, which was 12% less than in the previous year in real terms. Paper and pulp covered approximately a fifth each, and the share of sawn goods was 18%. The most important product group for exports was paperboard, which accounted for 27% of the forest industry’s export earnings. Due to high inflation, this was 8% less than in the previous year in real terms, even though the nominal export earnings increased. The value of exported forest industry products totalled EUR 14.6 billion in 2022. The forest industry accounted for 18% of the total value of Finland’s goods exports. Paperboard the most important export product By contrast, the export price of birch pulpwood increased to EUR 60 per cubic metre (+3%). The average export price for pine logs was EUR 70 per cubic metre (−7% from the previous year) and for pine pulpwood EUR 85 (−22%). However, the prices of pine logs and pine pulpwood, decreased from the previous year in real terms. The most exported wood was pine logs, birch pulpwood and pine pulpwood. The annual value of wood exports grew in real terms by 23% to EUR 154 million. Neary three fourths of wood was exported to Sweden, 7% to Estonia and 5% to Poland,” Vaahtera continues. “Wood exports grew by 45% from the previous year to slightly more than two million cubic metres in 2022. Batches of wood were also imported from Latin America and Africa,” says Eeva Vaahtera, senior statistician at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The shares of Estonia and Latvia increased to slightly more than a fifth, while 18% of wood came from Sweden. “Before the war, Russia’s share had been approximately three quarters of wood imports, but in 2022 it was 27%. Previously, Russia was the most important source of foreign wood for Finland, but imports from Russia ended last spring. The war in Ukraine significantly changed wood trade in the Baltic Sea region and the flows of foreign wood into Finland. Forest industry exports from Finland decreased in real terms by 8% to EUR 14.6 billion.Ī total of 5.5 million cubic metres of roundwood and forest industry by-products was imported to Finland, which is 56% less than in the previous year. The volume of wood imports dropped to 5.5 million cubic metres, decreasing by more than a half from the previous year. The forest industry’s foreign trade was affected especially by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its economic impact last year. ![]()
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