%0 Article
%T Export of sawn softwood from Finland to the North Sea Countries in 1920-1952
%A Ervasti, Seppo
%D 1955
%J Acta Forestalia Fennica
%V 64
%N 2
%R doi:10.14214/aff.7462
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/7462
%X <p>The objective of the investigation was to study the trends and fluctuations in the composition of sawn goods, changes due to business cycles, and casual fluctuations. The subject is confined to sawn softwood export to Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France (The North Sea countries) in 1920-1952. The data was based mainly on statistics of the Board of Customs, Series of Foreign Trade, Finnish Sawmill Owner’s Association and the Finnish Official Statistics.</p>
<p>The North Sea countries took 75-85% of the sawn softwood exported from Finland before World War II, and 50-70% of the quantity exported since the war. Sawn softwood export from Finland is almost exclusively long and small-dimension timber. The composition of the export from Finland to the North Sea countries was defined already during the 1900<sup>th</sup> century, and no big chances were observed even during the period of 1920-1952. The only definite trend was decrease in the proportion of u/s grade.</p>
<p>The PDF includes a summary in English.</p>