Stocks of roundwood and pulp chips
Here you will find statistics on stocks of roundwood and pulp chips on four occasions per year.
The statistics are based on survey responses on wood volumes in stock at the forest industry, in timber terminals and by road. All pulp mills and the largest forest companies, purchasing companies and sawmills are included in the survey.
The statistics refer to stocks on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December respectively.
Since 2013, the Swedish Forest Agency collects quarterly data on stock volumes of softwood sawlogs, pulpwood, pulp chips and roundwood for energy purposes. The statistics cover the volumes of wood in stock at sawmills, pulp and paper mills, forest companies and purchasing enterprises.
During the period 1975-2012, Statistics Sweden (SCB) collected quarterly data for pulpwood and pulp chips as well as annual stock volumes for softwood sawlogs, partly on behalf of the Swedish Forest Agency and the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.
Definitions and explanations
- Sawmill/processing industry - Plant where sawing of round timber takes place with or without integration with further processing, such as planning, packaging and furniture manufacturing.
- Terminal - Intermediate storage site where debarking, sorting and measurement may occur, such as railway terminal and port.
- Roadside and other - stocks at forest road side.
- Softwood sawlogs - Sawlogs of pine and spruce.
- Mixed softwood pulpwood - Pulpwood of pine and mixture of softwood pulpwood. Has also been called pine/softwood pulpwood in the survey, but softwood pulpwood is the name used by the industry.
- Spruce pulpwood - Pulpwood consisting solely of Norway spruce.
- Hardwood pulpwood - Pulpwood consisting of hardwood.
- Roundwood for energy purposes - not including chips or other volumes than roundwood.
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Stocks of wood raw material
In total, the stocks of softwood sawlogs, pulpwood and pulp chips totalled 9.5 million cubic metres as of 31 March 2025. This is 15 percent more than for the same period last year, but in line with the average for the past five years. The increase compared to last year mainly concerns pulpwood and pulp chips:
- Softwood sawlogs 3.4 million cubic metres (+4%)
- Pulpwood 5.2 million cubic metres (+19%)
- Pulp chips 1 million cubic metres (+34%)
Stocks of pulpwood by assortment
31 December 2024, pulpwood stocks consisted of:
- 3.7 million m3 softwood pulpwood
- 0.8 million m3 hardwood pulpwood
Figure 3 shows that softwood pulpwood accounts for most pulpwood stocks. During the end of the 10th century, stocks of softwood pulpwood increased and amounted to a maximum of just over 4 million m3. Note that from 2023 are spruce pulpwood included in softwood pulpwood.
From 2023 spruce pulpwood is included in softwood pulpwood