Japanese laminated timber imports increased

Article by Lorenz Pfungen, translated by Susanne Höfler | 13.06.2016 - 11:45

Volume increase between January and April, deliveries from Austria declined

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Japan imported 243,000 m³ of laminated timber (glulam and CLT) between January and April. Compared to the same period in 2015, the volume grew 9%, as data from the Japanese statistics authorities indicate.

In the first four months, imports coming from Finland gained 14% to 85,600 m³. Romania was the second largest supplier with a delivered volume of 58,800 m³ (+23%). Further increases have been observed for Estonian (20,600 m³; +13%), Russian (18,700 m³; +15%) and Swedish (17,200 m³; +21%) deliveries.

Import volumes from Austria (-8%; 34,000 m³), China (-43%; 4940 m³) and Germany (-42%; 2870 m³), however, declined.

The average import price (CIF) for European deliveries reached ¥ 49,900/m³ (€ 418/m³; -5%) in April.

**Japanese laminated timber imports April 2016**
Country	01-04 2015	01-04 2016	Change in %
Finland	74,809	85,569	14
Romania	48,032	58,844	23
Austria	36,849	33,960	–8
Estonia	18,286	20,596	13
Russia	16,344	18,716	15
Sweden	14,137	17,159	21
China	8,683	4,938	–43
Germany	4,911	2,866	–42
Vietnam	-	186	–
Brazil	365	46	–87
Other	559	14	–97
Total	222,975	242,894	9