Increasing demand due to good economic prospects and recent investments will boost the use of roundwood this year in Finland.  The use of imported roundwood increases, but not sufficiently to meet the increased demand. The volume of roundwood trade and removals increase more than the use of roundwood, leading to higher roundwood stock levels in forests. The growing demand is clearly reflected in rising annual average prices of roundwood. Gross stumpage earnings from private forests rises to a record 2.2 billion euros. The development of removals and trade will continue more modestly in 2019.  Roundwood ...