Finland's timber market will begin to recover during this year, especially as a result of the reduction in standing inventories, Harvesting will also be slightly higher than last year. The annual average prices of wood will fall this year, especially for pulpwood. The decline in prices will push stumpage earnings from private forests downward, according to the forest sector forecast by Pellervo Economic Research PTT. “The timber market has been sluggish in recent months, but the situation is expected to recover during the current year. In the background is the reduction in wood inventories last year, when ...