Last year, the value of Finnish wood imported from the Baltic countries experienced a significant increase. According to the Finnish Natural Resources Agency’s statistics, a total of 5.8 million cubic meters of wood were imported to Finland, which is more than half less than the previous year.
Of the imported wood, fiber wood accounted for 54 percent, wood chips for 29 percent, and log wood for three percent. However, the import of wood and chips from Russia came to a near halt in July due to sanctions, resulting in Russia’s share of the entire year’s wood import shrinking to a mere…
