{"id":77242,"date":"2019-03-12T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/finland-softwood-lumber-china-collapse-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:50:07","slug":"finland-softwood-lumber-china-collapse-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/finland-softwood-lumber-china-collapse-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland: Softwood lumber to China collapse in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><em><strong>The Finnish softwood lumber exports to the world dropped by -6% during January - December 2018, as compared to the same period of 2017. The softwood lumber volumes reached 8,0 million m3 during the mentioned period, a drop by more than 630,000 m3 as compared to 2017.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The softwood lumber exports to the European Union grew slightly by 1%, reaching 3,2 million during January-December 2018, as compared to the 3,1 million exported in 2017.\u00a0<span id=\"more-19171\"><\/span>The United Kingdom was still the biggest\u00a0European softwood lumber\u00a0importer from Finland and but increased the volumes imported slightly by 1%, to 847,583 m3.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Finnish softwood lumber exports to China dropped the most, by -39% and reached a volume of 1,0 million m3 during January-December 2018, as compared to the 1,6 million m3 exported in the previous year.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exports to North Africa reported the highest increases (+19%), to 1,9 million m3.\u00a0Egypt's imports of softwood lumber from Finland rose by 5% during the mentioned period and reached a volume of 1,2 million m3.<\/p>\n<table id=\"top10_Table\" border=\"1\" width=\"638\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\"><strong>Destination<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\"><strong>Change in %<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td0\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>EUROPEAN Union<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">3,182,721<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">3,219,353<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row0\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>837,520<\/td>\n<td>847,583<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row0\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Germania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>480,973<\/td>\n<td>493,707<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">3 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row0\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Fran\u021ba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>463,795<\/td>\n<td>448,515<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-3 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row0\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Estonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>349,014<\/td>\n<td>356,811<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">2 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row0\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>264,622<\/td>\n<td>255,245<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-4 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row0\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td id=\"otherTd0\"><\/td>\n<td>Others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>786,797<\/td>\n<td>817,492<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">4 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td1\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>OTHER European Countries<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">123,329<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">101,154<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-18 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>40,964<\/td>\n<td>42,048<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">3 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Turkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>45,514<\/td>\n<td>28,183<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-38 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>24,741<\/td>\n<td>20,196<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-18 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Cipru<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>5,488<\/td>\n<td>5,312<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-3 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Iceland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>2,768<\/td>\n<td>3,392<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">23 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td id=\"otherTd1\"><\/td>\n<td>Others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>3,854<\/td>\n<td>2,023<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-48 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td2\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>NORTH Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1,674,176<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1,995,424<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">19 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Egipt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>1,153,293<\/td>\n<td>1,215,393<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">5 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Algeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>219,818<\/td>\n<td>478,913<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">118 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Morocco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>230,901<\/td>\n<td>209,614<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-9 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tunisia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>70,164<\/td>\n<td>91,504<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">30 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td3\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>OTHER African Countries<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">16,031<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">10,000<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-38 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row3\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Sudan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>14,675<\/td>\n<td>8,946<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-39 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row3\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Capul Verde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>849<\/td>\n<td>861<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row3\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>365<\/td>\n<td>147<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-60 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row3\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Mauritius<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>99<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-55 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row3\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Gambia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-98 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td4\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>NORTH America<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">11,300<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">24,427<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">116 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row4\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>11,141<\/td>\n<td>24,216<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">117 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row4\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>159<\/td>\n<td>211<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">33 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td5\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>CENTRAL America<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">92<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">318<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">246 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row5\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Belize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>-<\/td>\n<td>273<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row5\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">13 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row5\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Bahamas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>-<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-100 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row5\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>British Virgin Islands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>-<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-100 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td6\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>SOUTH America<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">179<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-99 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row6\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>96<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-99 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row6\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Ecuador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<td>-<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-100 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td7\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>NEAR and MIDDLE East<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">834,617<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">636,866<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-24 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row7\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>429,027<\/td>\n<td>389,480<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-9 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row7\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>353,010<\/td>\n<td>205,740<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-42 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row7\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Jordan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>37,897<\/td>\n<td>33,447<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-12 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row7\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>1,574<\/td>\n<td>4,727<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">200 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row7\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Iran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>5,181<\/td>\n<td>1,771<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-66 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row7\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td id=\"otherTd7\"><\/td>\n<td>Others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>7,928<\/td>\n<td>1,701<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-79 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td8\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>OTHER Asian countries<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">2,773,729<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">2,052,400<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-26 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row8\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>1,657,117<\/td>\n<td>1,008,556<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-39 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row8\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>898,100<\/td>\n<td>837,261<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-7 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row8\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Vietnam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>41,877<\/td>\n<td>57,612<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">38 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row8\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>90,728<\/td>\n<td>55,996<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-38 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row8\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Philippines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>27,820<\/td>\n<td>38,409<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">38 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row8\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td id=\"otherTd8\"><\/td>\n<td>Others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>58,087<\/td>\n<td>54,566<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-6 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td9\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>OCEANIA and Polar region<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">24,680<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">53,953<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">119 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row9\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>24,639<\/td>\n<td>53,906<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">119 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row9\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">15 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"td10\"><\/td>\n<td><strong>REST of the world<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">1,077<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">699<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-35 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row10\">\n<td class=\"highlight\">\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Kuwait<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>1,077<\/td>\n<td>699<\/td>\n<td class=\"highlight\">-35 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td 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