Jun 18, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. The Finnish Forest Industries Federation announced that roundwood sales by private forest owners doubled in May but still amounted to only half the level of wood neeed by the country’s forest industry. The industry managed to buy 2 million cubic meter of timber during the month. The January-May aggregate purchase volume of 8.2 million cubic meter was only half the level achieved in 2007. “The recent campaign launched by the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners and the Finnish Forest Industries Federation (FFIF) to get domestic wood sales going is a good opening and demonstrates that there is a shared willingness to liven up timber sales,” said FFIF president Dr Anne Brunila.