Total volume of Japanese log export during January and May this year reached to 259,515 cbms, 47.5% more than the same period of last year. If this pace continues, total export for the year would be about 700-800 M cbms. However, log export for April and May from Kyushu, which took 80% share last year, slowed down.<\/p>\n
There are active inquiries from China with price advantage by weak yen but ships\u2018 space is short so that logs are piled up at loading ports. Japan's shipments for Korea has been slowing down by economic slump in Korea and there is surplus of supply as log length for Korea is 2.4 meters, which is not common length in Japan.<\/p>\n
According to Kagoshima customs house, which covers shipping ports like Shibushi and Sendai in Kagoshima, log export in last January doubled, 34.2% more in February, 71.9% more in March, 36.2% down in April and 14% more in May.<\/p>\n
Total value of \u00a0log export in the first five months were 1,068. 56 million yen (estimated volume of about 90,000 cbms), 23.7% more than the same period of last year but it slowed down in April and May. Another port of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu doubled the volume for the first five months of this year.<\/p>\n
In Kyushu, domestic log demand for lumber and plywood since start of the year has been sluggish and cedar logs with sweep are rushed for export and the prices are soft but with steady inquiries from overseas buyers, cedar log prices for export maintain 8,000 yen per cbm delivered port yard.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Total volume of Japanese log export during January and May this year reached to 259,515 cbms, 47.5% more than the same period of last year. If this pace continues, total export for the year would be about 700-800 M cbms. … Continue reading