The delivery volume of round softwood is 3.7 million sm³ or 534% more than Europe shipped to China last year.
Germany delivered almost exactly 2 million sm³, when last year it was only 41,000 sm³ in the same period. Czech Republic, also severely affected by damaged wood accrual, exported 1.25 million sm³ (2018: 91,000 sm³) to China.
All other European supplier countries exported 1.3 million sm³ until the beginning of October, 32,000 sm³ of which came from Italy. This, however, does not necessarily represent strong China exports for Italy. Over the past few months, there has been much talk of Vaia-related damaged wood from Italy being shipped to China.
The 4.5 million sm³ from Europe only make for 12% of China's total round softwood imports in that period. China imported more than 32 million sm³ in the first nine months, as Customs Statistics China reports.
The "top dog" in China is New Zealand with its radiata pine plantation wood. The island country delivered 13 million sm³ (+6%) in the first nine months. Russia shifted its exports to sawn timber, therefore roundwood deliveries dropped 25% compared to last year: 4.6 million sm³ instead of 6.1 million sm³.
Australian deliveries remained stable (3.1 million sm³), while the United States only delivered 2.4 million sm³ (35%).
Values in m³ | |||
Country | 1–9 2018 | 1–9 2019 | Change in % |
---|---|---|---|
Germany | 41,734 | 1,980,601 | 4646% |
Czech Republic | 91,315 | 1,246,429 | 1265% |
Poland | 179,424 | 341,916 | 91% |
France | 91,315 | 214,852 | 135% |
Latvia | 83,720 | 154,570 | 85% |
Denmark | 63,057 | 135,927 | 116% |
Lithuania | 78,572 | 126,535 | 61% |
Slovakia | 13,540 | 107,287 | 692% |
Belgium | 5,315 | 89,487 | 1584% |
Slovenia | 3,906 | 42,339 | 984% |
Italy | – | 31,797 | |
Estonia | 83,454 | 31,257 | –63% |
Portugal | – | 29,205 | |
Norway | 4,770 | 8,609 | 80% |
Finland | – | 8,150 | |
Romania | 6,013 | 7,493 | 25% |
Croatia | - | 7,201 | |
Sweden | 2,344 | 3,807 | 62% |
Switzerland | – | 2,449 | |
Spain | 32,996 | 519 | –98% |
Netherlands | – | 438 | |
Belarus | 41,057 | – | –100% |
Ukraine | 33,560 | – | –100% |
Serbia | 24 | – | –100% |
Europe total | 856,116 | 4,570,868 | 434% |