After the end of Russian wood imports, the Finnish forest industry will be looking for substitute wood mainly from Finland.\u00a0During the spring, the Finnish forest companies have increased their procurement organizations.<\/p>\n
Even with increased wood purchases, there may be challenges in harvesting and transportation.\u00a0Wood imported from Russia - mainly pulpwood and wood chips - has been harvested and transported to Finland by Russian workforce with Russian equipment.<\/p>\n
It is unclear whether there is enough equipment and drivers in Finland to replace the Russians.<\/p>\n
According to Finnish machine entrepreneurs, a lot depends on how much the amount of wood to be harvested increases.\u00a0There will hardly be any problems this year, as the spring strike reduced the consumption of wood and there was time to import some wood from Russia at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n
\"If we are talking about an additional harvest of a few million cubic meters, it is not a problem,\" says\u00a0Simo Jaakkola<\/strong>\u00a0, Executive Vice President of Finnish Machine Entrepreneurs .<\/p>\n But if, for example, the amount of wood imported from Russia last year (just over nine million cubic meters) were to be replaced next year, the situation would be more challenging.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is enough equipment.\u00a0It is then a question of whether there is enough staff for two shifts, for example, \u201dsays Jaakkola.<\/p>\n However, it is likely that not all wood replacing Russian imports will be sourced domestically. It is also good to remember that in recent years the amount of industrial wood felled in Finland has varied considerably, even more than the amount imported from Russia. In 2012\u20132021, the harvest was 52\u201364 million cubic meters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After the end of Russian wood imports, the Finnish forest industry will be looking for substitute wood mainly from Finland.\u00a0During the spring, the Finnish forest companies have increased their procurement organizations. Even with increased wood purchases, there may be challenges … Continue reading