China’s 2017 sawn softwood imports surged 41% to 25.05 million cubic metres, accounting for 67% of total softwood sawnwood imports. The average price for imported sawn softwood was US$195 per cubic metre, up 10% year on year.  Russia still was the main sawn softwood supplier to China in 2017 and China’s sawn softwood imports from Russia rose 32% to 14.28 million, accounting for 57% of the national total.    Because Finnish government and Finnish Sawnmills Association have been implementing a “Wood from Finland” promotion programme sawn softwood exports to China ...