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E2 · Excerpt 2Price changes remained moderate. The average standing sales prices of coniferous logs stayed at the July level, while the price of birch logs increased slightly. […] show full excerpt
Price changes remained moderate. The average standing sales prices of coniferous logs stayed at the July level, while the price of birch logs increased slightly. Changes in pulpwood prices were also minor.
E4 · Excerpt 4In standing sales, prices of coniferous logs in August remained at the same average level as in July. Spruce logs were sold for more than EUR 83 per cubic metre and pine logs for just over EUR 77 per cubic metre. […] show full excerpt
In standing sales, prices of coniferous logs in August remained at the same average level as in July. Spruce logs were sold for more than EUR 83 per cubic metre and pine logs for just over EUR 77 per cubic metre. The average price of birch logs increased by two percent to above EUR 63 per cubic metre.
The average standing sales prices of pulpwood in the whole country have declined by about EUR 12, or one-third, from the price peak reached last year’s summer. Prices have fallen more in thinnings than in regeneration fellings, and the real prices of pulpwood from first thinnings have already decreased by around 45 percent.
E8 · Excerpt 8Average roundwood prices and their real changes in August 2026: Standing sales — Pine logs: 77,35 €/m3; 0% vs previous month; -5% vs previous year as a whole. Spruce logs: 83,25 €/m3; 0%; -1%. […] show full excerpt
Average roundwood prices and their real changes in August 2026: Standing sales — Pine logs: 77,35 €/m3; 0% vs previous month; -5% vs previous year as a whole. Spruce logs: 83,25 €/m3; 0%; -1%. Birch logs: 63,16 €/m3; +2%; -5%. Pine pulpwood: 22,89 €/m3; +1%; -27%. Spruce pulpwood: 24,97 €/m3; +1%; -25%. Birch pulpwood: 23,10 €/m3; -1%; -27%. Delivery sales — Pine pulpwood: 40,44 €/m3; -2%; -22%. Spruce pulpwood: 43,24 €/m3; 0%; -19%. Birch pulpwood: 41,65 €/m3; -6%; -20%.
Extracted figures
| Spruce logs standing sales price, August 2026 | 83,25 | €/m³ |
| Pine logs standing sales price, August 2026 | 77,35 | €/m³ |
| Birch logs standing sales price, August 2026 | 63,16 | €/m³ |
| Birch logs price change month-on-month, August 2026 | +2 | % |
| Spruce logs price change year-on-year, August 2026 | -1 | % |
| Pine logs price change year-on-year, August 2026 | -5 | % |
| Pulpwood prices decline from peak last summer | one-third |
Why it matched
The document reports Finnish roundwood prices for August 2026. Most prices remained flat or declined compared to July and year-ago levels. Coniferous logs held steady; birch logs rose 2%; pulpwood prices fell significantly year-on-year. This directly addresses whether purchased-wood volumes are becoming more expensive using the proxy metric noted in the watch item.
What this does not establish
- Whether UPM's actual realised procurement costs for purchased wood have moved in the same direction and magnitude as these public roundwood prices, since the watch item notes they are not identical
- Whether the modest price increases (birch logs +2% month-on-month) or flat prices for coniferous logs constitute a trend toward 'becoming more expensive' or are temporary fluctuations within a declining year-on-year context