PTT’s forecast – Finnish forest sector 1/2013
Forestry on the rise
Better economic trends impact wood consumption and domestic forestry. Increase in commercial roundwood removals improves roundwood trade. Roundwood prices will rise slightly, following the price increases of several forest industry products. The moderate economic uptrend will continue next year. The use of forest chips is spurred by the scarcity of fuel peat.
Please find the whole release attached as a pdf file: Forestry
Paper production declining, sawnwood on the rise
The continuing poor economic situation in Europe will affect Finnish forest industry this year as well. However, the industry’s profitability will see an improvement from last year. Paper production in Finland will decline due to weak economic growth and permanently decreasing paper consumption in main markets. Sawnwood production will rise as a result of increasing export volumes outside Europe. Next year, Finnish forest industry’s production will partly pick up. Paper machine closures will continue in different parts of Europe.
Please find the whole release attached as a pdf file: Forest_industry
