According to figures published by Statistics of Japan, main supplier Finland recorded strong growth of 13.8% that brought the total trade volume to 680,000 m³. Demand for Russian softwood lumber also increased by 8.7% to 497,000 m³. Sweden, Japan’s number two supplier, remained slightly below last year’s level (644,000 m³; -2%), whereas purchases from Canada were reduced by 10.5% to 636,000 m³.
Japanese imports from Western European countries largely showed a negative development. Austria delivered 142,000 m³ of softwood lumber to Japan, i.e. 11.1% less than in the first ten months of 2024. Imports from Germany were down by 19.4%, totaling only 99,000 m³. Substantial decreases were also recorded in Japanese softwood lumber imports from Romania (79,000 m³; -38.8%) and the Czech Republic (46,000 m³; -45.1%). Imports from Chile were reduced by around 17% to 116,000 m³. Meanwhile, Lativa achieved a slight increase of 0.5% that brought the total trade volume to 70,000 m³. Cumulatively, 159,000 m³ (-12.4%) were imported from the other countries.
In the Datacube, you can track Japan’s softwood lumber imports all the way back to the year 1998.
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