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China\u2019s log imports in the first half of 2019 totalled 29.56 million cubic metres valued at US$5 billion, a year on year decline of 2% in volume and 14% in value. The average price for imported logs was US$169 per cubic metre, a year on year drop of 12%.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Of total log imports, softwood log imports rose 5% to 21.06 million cubic metres, accounting for 71% of the national total, one percentage higher than in the same period in 2018. The average price for imported softwood logs was US$135 per cubic metre, down 3% on levels in the first half of 2018.<\/p>\n

Hardwood log imports fell 16% to 8.50 million cubic metres in the first half of 2019 and accounted for 29% of the national total, a 1% drop year on year. The average price for imported hardwood logs was US$254 per cubic metre, down 12% on levels in 2018. vOf total hardwood log imports, tropical log imports in the first half of 2019 totalled 3.84 million cubic metres, down 12% year on year and accounted for 13% of the national total, a year on year decrease of 6%. The value of tropical log imports in the first half of 2019 was US$1.27 billion reflecting a 25% decline year on year.<\/p>\n

First half tropical log imports plunge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before its log export ban, Myanmar was a major source of tropical logs for China. However, China\u2019s log imports from Myanmar in the first half of 2019 fell to just 6,865 cubic metres valued at US$8.4 million, down year on year by 36% in volume and 44% in value.<\/p>\n

The average price for imported logs from Myanmar in the first half of 2019 was US$1,224 per cubic\u00a0\"\"<\/a>metre, down 10% year on year.<\/p>\n

The average price for imported tropical logs in the first half of 2019 was US$330 per cubic metre, a year on year rise of 6%. China imported tropical logs mainly from Papua New Guinea (27%), Solomon Islands (23%), Equatorial Guinea (14%), the Republic of Congo (9%) and Cameroon (7%).<\/p>\n

Just 10 countries supplied 90% of China\u2019s tropical log requirements in the first half of 2019.<\/p>\n

Tropical log imports from Gambia and the Republic of Congo surged 344% and 61% respectively. Countries from which tropical log imports declined greatly included Mozambique (-42%), Sierra Leone (-32%), Cameroon (-21%), Ghana (-19%) and Suriname (-16%).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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