{"id":85937,"date":"2023-06-30T08:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T08:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/chinas-expected-to-boost-lumber-imports-due-to-limited-supply-of-logs\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:00:18","slug":"chinas-expected-to-boost-lumber-imports-due-to-limited-supply-of-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/chinas-expected-to-boost-lumber-imports-due-to-limited-supply-of-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"China expected to boost lumber imports due to limited supply of logs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As late as 2019, China imported almost 100 million m3\u00a0rwe (roundwood equivalents) of softwood logs and lumber to meet the growing demand for forest products in the domestic market. Since then, wood consumption has declined, and the importation of forest products has decreased to levels not seen in over a decade.<\/span>\u00a0China imported about 12 million m3\u00a0of logs and lumber (rwe) in the 1Q 2023, nearly half its peak in the 3Q 2020 and the second lowest quarterly imports in ten years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>According to the World Bank, China\u2019s economy took a big hit during the Covid epidemic, with the GDP growth falling to an estimated three percent in 2022, compared to a 9% average annual increase from 1978-2021. It is estimated that the economy will see a rebound to just over 5% growth in 2023.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s dramatic reduction in log imports has predominantly been driven by the lack of supply from Russia following the country\u2019s implementation of a log export ban in January 2022. Russia was the largest log supplier to China until 2012 when New Zealand surpassed it. Since then, Russia\u2019s shipments have fallen consistently and were down to zero in 2022. With log supply from Russia, Australia, Canada, and the US plunging over the past five years, New Zealand and Europe have become the two major regions supplying China.<\/p>\n

During the first four months of 2023, New Zealand\u2019s market share of China\u2019s total log imports was 58%, followed by Germany (14%), Poland (5%), the US (5%), Canada (4%), and Japan (4%). The outlook is for declining shipments from North America and Europe, eventually leaving New Zealand as the only remaining major log supplier. Consequently, China will need to explore opportunities to increase lumber imports rather than logs to meet future wood demand.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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