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The forest is Finland's most important natural resource
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In Finland there are 26 million hectares of land for
forestry i.e. 88 per cent of the country's area.
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In Europe Finland is a forest giant: there are 4.6 hectares
of forest for every inhabitant i.e. more than sixteen
times the European average.
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Every fifth Finnish family owns some forest.
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The paper industry came to Finland about 130 years ago.
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Finland lives off the forest: the income earned by the
export of forest industry products per inhabitant is greater
than in any other country in the world.
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Finnish forest industry companies have become the biggest
in Europe through corporate acquisitions and mergers.
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Finland is the world's sixth-biggest producer of paper
and board. Paper accounts for four-fifths of the production
and board one fifth.
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Finland is the world's second-biggest paper exporter.
Only Canada is ahead of Finland.
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In the main, Finland exports products that demand a high
level of know-how, such top-grade printing and writing
paper.
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