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China with decreasing softwood lumber imports

Article by Günther Jauk (translated by Eva Guzely) | 22.07.2022 - 09:23

While volumes from Russia increased slightly, those from Ukraine fell sharply by more than 70%.

In the first six months, China imported 8.25 million m³ of softwood lumber, i.e. 6% less than in the same period of last year. While imports from Russia remained more or less constant at 5.54 million m³ (+2%), those from Canada (710,000 m³; +37%), Finland (433,000 m³; +17%) and Sweden (282,000 m³; +29%) saw double-digit increases.

Smaller volumes of softwood lumber were imported from Belarus (234,000 m³; -8%), Ukraine (153,000 m³; -72%), Chile (151,000 m³; -36%) and Brazil (112,000 m³; -64%).

Data are collected by China Customs Statistics. As always, you can find detailed figures in our Datacube.

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