1. Metsä Tieto Osaaminen Hyvinvointi Forest Knowledge Know-how Well-being Recent developments and future challenges in Metla’s forest statistics Martti Aarne Metla/Forest Statistics e-mail: martti.aarne@metla.fi

2. Addressing six topics: A little bit of repetition: Main duties and activities in Metla’s forest statistics Wood flows from forests to forest industry products General remarks & priority areas Statistical Yearbook of Forestry 2013 New statistics on the prices and volumes of energy wood Graphs illustrating roundwood markets 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

3. Main duties and activities Statistical publications Statistical Yearbook of Forestry Forest Statistical Bulletins Forest Finland in Brief Maintenance and development of on-line statistical services Metinfo Statistical Service Metinfo Forest Owners’ Service International activities Official data supplier to international processes UNECE/FAO and Eurostat WG’s on forestry statistics Baltic-Nordic Forest Statistics Group Specific research projects, such as Wood consumption in small-sized housing Wood consumption in small sawmills 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

4. Wood flows from forests to forest industry products, 2012 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

5. General remarks & priority areas More resources required on the planning of stats services at the Institute  less staff resources available on regular forest statistics New Statistics Act (Sep 2013): open (free-of-charge) data policy  less financial resources Priority areas (substance): statistics on the Finnish roundwood markets, energy wood markets in particular: -prices and purchased volumes of industrial roundwood -information system for wood energy markets: purchased volumes and prices of energy wood -harvested volumes of energy wood -statistics on silvicultural and forest improvement work Priority areas (distribution): -more emphasis on on-line channels -merger of the two present on-line services: 1 quarter/2014 -new PX-Web -based software for distribution: 1 quarter/2014 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

6. Finnish Statistical Yearbook of Forestry 2013 Main chapters% of pages 1.Forest resources11 2.Forest biodiversity and health7 3.Silviculture12 4.Roundwood trade6 5.Removals and transportation of roundwood7 6.Multiple-use forestry5 7.Forest sector labour force8 8.Wood consumption7 9.Energy6 10.Forest industries7 11.Foreign trade by forest industries8 12.Forest sector in Finland’s national economy8 13.International forest statistics9 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

7. New statistics on the prices and volumes of energy wood Consumption of forest chips: 8.3 mill. m³ (2012), target: 13 mill. m³ (2020)  more transparent information necessary to activate energy wood markets Introduction of more standardized measurement methods and units  better pre-conditions for statistics Specifications of new statistics: -coverage: energy wood purchased from private forest owners (raw material for forest chips) -four energy wood assortments: (i) stumps and roots, (ii) tops and branches, (iii) unpruned stems, and (iv) unpruned stems -both roadside and stumpage prices, plus corresponding volumes -regional breakdown: 7 price regions -start: 1st quarter of 2014 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

8. Stumpage prices by felling method 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

9. Annual variation in roundwood trade volumes 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

10. Removals of roundwood (1) 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

11. Removals of roundwood (2) 5.9.2015BNFSG, Rovaniemi, 13.12.2013

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