Wood Sales
Metsähallitus sells timber twice a year. A significant part of the timber is sold under general agreements made individually with key customers for several years. Agreements can be made for very long periods as the planning systems provide information on the quality, quantity and location of future harvest volumes. This way the customer can rely on a steady supply of wood, even throughout the year if necessary.
Our largest customers are Finnish forest industry companies producing pulp, paper and sawn timber. Metsähallitus supplies wood to a total of more than a hundred points of delivery.
At Metsähallitus, wood is supplied to the customer as a complete service. This means that the wood is certified and environmental matters are considered in each phase of harvesting, deliveries arrive on time at the wood-receiving facilities of mills, and the wood meets the agreed quality requirements.
Part of the sawlogs are sold using a sales catalogue issued twice a year. The catalogue includes regional listings of sawlog lots for which prospective buyers can make bids.
Metsähallitus mainly sells wood including delivery, i.e. its private contractors harvest and transport the timber according to the dimensional and quality requirements, and to a destination agreed with the customer.