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Softwood log exports almost doubled

Article by Martina Nöstler (translated by Eva Guzely) | 22.01.2020 - 10:35

From January to November 2019, Germany sold almost ten times as many softwood logs to China as it did in the previous year.

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6.57 million m³ of softwood logs were exported from January to November 2019. Compared to the same period of the previous year, exports almost doubled (+90%). There was an enormous increase of nearly 850% in sales to China which reached a total of 2.79 million m³.

With the exception of Austria (1.4 million m³; -27%) and France (102,000 m³; -4%), Germany exported more softwood logs to all other main foreign markets. This is according to Destatis. Belgium received around 923,000 m³ (+138%) and Sweden 190,000 m³ of softwood logs (+338%).

You can find more detailed information on export developments in our Datacube in the section Foreign Trade.

Germany Softwood log exports January – November 2019

Country 2019 2018 Change in %
China 2,793,214 294,674 847.9
Austria 1,403,634 1,928,873 -27.2
Belgium 922,543 387,695 138
Sweden 189,994 43,361 338.2
Czech Republic 177,369 157,846 12.4
Denmark 166,612 48,767 241.6
Netherlands 138,264 64,548 114.2
Poland 112,888 95,384 18.4
France 102,433 106,857 -4.1
South Korea 94,462 41,740 126.3
Other countries 472,766 289,500 63.3
Total 6,574,179 3,459,245 90
Source: Destatis | © Holzkurier.com
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