{"id":80191,"date":"2021-01-13T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T10:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/australias-role-hardwood-chip-supplier-china-japan-dramatically-diminished\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:20:58","slug":"australias-role-hardwood-chip-supplier-china-japan-dramatically-diminished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/australias-role-hardwood-chip-supplier-china-japan-dramatically-diminished\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s role as a hardwood chip supplier to China and Japan dramatically diminished"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><em>Hardwood chip exports from\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>\u00a0fell 14% from 2018 to 2019, the first y-o-y decline since 2012. Total exports equaled 5.7 million odmt, of which 63% was destined for\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>. Shipments in 2020 have continued to slide, with volumes during the first nine months being 38% lower than during the same period in 2019. In the 3Q\/20, the estimated export volume reached its lowest level in almost seven years.<\/em><span id=\"more-25164\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Australia's<\/span>\u00a0wood chip exports to pulpmills in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>\u00a0fell by 61% from their record-high levels in the 4Q\/18 to the 3Q\/20, and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia's<\/span>\u00a0share of total imports to the two countries declined from about 35% to 12% over the same period.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Vietnam<\/span>\u00a0has increased its market share to almost 60% in the third quarter this year, the highest level in more than a decade. Other countries that have supplied hardwood fiber to Chinese pulpmills in 2020 include\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Chile<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Thailand<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Brazilia<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">South Africa<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Malaysia<\/span>, and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>. This group of smaller suppliers accounted for 21% of total imports in the 3Q\/20, a slightly higher share than in the 3Q\/19.<\/p>\n<p>Not only has\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia's<\/span>\u00a0role in the Asian chip market diminished, market prices for the country's wood chips also declined in 2020. The average export price in the 3Q\/20 was\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">US$150<\/span>\/odmt, down four percent from the 3Q\/19, according to Customs data. However, a weakening Australian dollar has benefited chip exporters, with prices in the local currency reaching record highs in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>\u00a0has reduced importation of high-density and high-cost hardwood chips from\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>\u00a0the past two years and mostly substituted that furnish with lower-density and lower-cost chips from\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Vietnam<\/span>. The price premium for wood chips from\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>\u00a0compared to\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Vietnam<\/span>\u00a0has been about\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$60<\/span>\/odmt in 2020, a doubling from five years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardwood chip exports from\u00a0Australia\u00a0fell 14% from 2018 to 2019, the first y-o-y decline since 2012. Total exports equaled 5.7 million odmt, of which 63% was destined for\u00a0China. Shipments in 2020 have continued to slide, with volumes during the first nine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/australias-role-hardwood-chip-supplier-china-japan-dramatically-diminished\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4716,4715,4714],"tags":[3545,3309,3471],"class_list":["post-80191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-trends","category-market-analysis","category-wood-industry-prices","tag-australia","tag-exports","tag-wood-chips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australia\u2019s role as a hardwood chip supplier to China and Japan dramatically diminished - Timber Industry News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/australias-role-hardwood-chip-supplier-china-japan-dramatically-diminished\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australia\u2019s role as a hardwood chip supplier to China and Japan dramatically diminished - Timber Industry News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hardwood chip exports from\u00a0Australia\u00a0fell 14% from 2018 to 2019, the first y-o-y decline since 2012. 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