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7 million m³ decrease in softwood lumber imports

Article by Philipp Matzku (adapted for holzkurier.com; translated by Eva Guzely) | 23.11.2021 - 09:01

In the first ten months, China imported 14.7 million m³ of softwood lumber which is around a third less than in the same period of last year. Imports from Russia decreased by 3.2 million m³.

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From January to October 2020, China imported 21.7 million m³ of softwood lumber, i. e. 32% more than this year. Imports from China’s main supplier Russia fell by 24.4% to 9.8 million m³. The biggest relative decrease was recorded in shipments from Canada (744,700 m³; -70.7%), followed by Sweden (317,700 m³; -61.2%) and Germany (330,700 m³; -59.5%).

According to China Customs Statistics, Brazil (427,900 m³; +42.9%) and New Zealand (335,100 m³; +30.8%) were the only supplying countries among the Top 10 which shipped more softwood lumber to China in the first ten months.

As always, you can find the detailed development of Chinese softwood lumber imports in our Datacube.