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Japan sees softwood lumber imports fall by 42%

Article by Gerd Ebner (translated by Eva Guzely) | 31.08.2023 - 09:23

In the first seven months, Japan’s softwood lumber imports fell sharply by 42% to only 1.8 million m³.

All Top 10 supplying countries saw double-digit decrease. Canada remained Japan’s number one supplier with 380,000 m³ (-35%), followed by Finland (325,000 m³; -35%) and Sweden (320,000 m³; -42%).

So far, Russia only shipped half of last year’s volume to Japan, i.e. 280,000 m³ instead of 560,000 m³, even though several Japanese companies own stakes in sawmills in Russia.

According to Statistics of Japan, softwood lumber imports from Austria (90,000 m³) and Germany (41,000 m³) also halved in the first seven months.

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