Production and exports by the Finnish Forest Industry in 2000

摘要

The market for forest products was good for most of 2000 as economic growth in the main buyer countries helped to sustain demand. Capacity utilization rates at Finnish mills were high Jor the major part of the year. Production was up by around 4.5% on 1999, and new production records were set Jor all the main products. Product prices were on average 12% higher than the year before. This, combined with high capacity utilization, improved profitability to the levels experienced in 1995, which was a record year.