From January to October 2019, Germany’s softwood log exports nearly doubled compared to the same period of 2018 (97%), reaching a total of 5.89 million m³. Within only one year, China became the main market for German softwood logs and already receives 42% of overall exports (2.49 million m³). In the first ten months of 2018 China imported 162,000 m³. According to Customs Statistics China, an overall 36.2 million m³ were imported in the same period of 2019.
With the exception of Austria (1.29 million m³; -26%), Germany saw its softwood log exports grow in almost all other countries, such as Belgium (808,000 m³; +141%), Sweden (164,000 m³; +503%) and Denmark (161,000 m³; +298%). This is according to data collected by Destatis.
You can find more detailed data as well as developments in the past years in our Datacube in the section foreign trade.
Germany Softwood log exports January – October 2019
| Country | 2019 | 2018 | Change in % |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2,494,412 | 161,645 | 1443.1 |
| Austria | 1,286,237 | 1,739,384 | -26.1 |
| Belgium | 807,897 | 335,094 | 141.1 |
| Sweden | 163,931 | 27,188 | 503 |
| Denmark | 161,038 | 40,515 | 297.5 |
| Czech Republic | 158,810 | 141,933 | 11.9 |
| Netherlands | 125,046 | 59,059 | 111.7 |
| Poland | 103,528 | 88,628 | 16.8 |
| France | 91,433 | 95,514 | -4.3 |
| South Korea | 84,738 | 35,561 | 138.3 |
| Other countries | 414,986 | 261,883 | 58.5 |
| Total | 5,892,056 | 2,986,404 | 97.3 |
