If Finland decides to reduce permitted logging volumes, the forestry sector will be forced to react. Such a decision will be an unpleasant surprise for the industry, and it will also have a negative impact on the sector's competitiveness.

A political decision—for example, to reduce permitted logging volumes by 10%—will have serious consequences. The price of timber will rise, which in turn will create a desire in Finland and elsewhere to harvest as much as before the decision was taken.