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Stable US imports with winners and losers

Article by Gerd Ebner (translated by Eva Guzely) | 11.06.2019 - 09:30

In the first four months of the year, the US’s sawn timber imports remained stable. 11.1 million m³ were imported. There are, however, winners and losers among the supplier countries.

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Despite cuts in production, main supplier Canada exported a constant volume of 10.1 million m³ of sawn timber (+1%) to the United States.

How were Europeans doing? Germany was able to increase its high volume by an additional 7% to 330,000 m³. Sweden, on the other hand, didn’t do so well: The country’s export volume fell by 30% from 153,000 m³ last year to only 109,000 m³ in the first four months of this year. Austria’s deliveries to the US grew by 18%, while Romanian exports dropped by almost 60%.

USA Sawn timber imports January – April 2019

Country	2019	2018	Diff. in %
Canada	10,107,508	10,050,967	0.6
Germany	334,124	313,292	6.6
Brazil	177,854	155,722	14.2
Sweden	109,044	152,587	-28.5
Chile	88,450	102,299	-13.5
Austria	78,343	66,540	17.7
New Zealand	73,253	71,726	2.1
Romania	36,490	85,237	-57.2
China	32,682	35,823	-8.8
Czech Republic	21,539	18,609	15.7
Other countries	96,402	79,518	21.2
Total	11,155,689	11,132,320	0.2