Finnish exports of roundwood in 1921–1986

• Main Author: Holopainen, Viljo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1990-01-01
• Series: Silva Fennica
• Online Access: https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5422

When Finland attained independence in 1917â1918, about 65% of her population made their linving from agriculture and only 17% from industry. Despite the fact that most sectors of the modern forest industry, i.e. sawmilling, pulp and paper making as well as plywood industry were then in existence a considerable proportion of timber was exported as roundwood. It was reasonable to assume, however, that further economic development would reduce the roundwood exports to provide raw material for industry. The present paper investigates the Finnish roundwood exports in 1921â1986 largely from the point of view of this hypothesis. Examination of statistics is focused on the change of volume of exports in the major categories of wood, changes in the trade policies of consumer countries, changes in competition between exporting countries and changes in Finnish export policy. The PDF includes an abstract in English.