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In the first half of this year, the USA imported 17.2 million m\u00b3 of softwood lumber, which is 6% or almost 1.2 million m\u00b3 less than in the first six months of 2022.<\/p>\n
Deliveries from the EU countries will also be included in this period 2.5 million m\u00b3 (+14% or +320,000 m\u00b3) and those from Germany with 1.3 million m\u00b3 (+21% or +231,000 m\u00b3).\u00a0This emerges from the current US foreign trade statistics. <\/span><\/p>\n Despite a 9% lower delivery volume than in the first half of 2022 (14.1 million m\u00b3 or a share of almost 82% of US imports), Canada is still by far the US's most important import partner for softwood lumber.<\/p>\n Germany has been No. 2 in American import statistics since 2017 and achieved a market share of 6.2% in American softwood lumber imports in 2022. In the first half of this year it rose further to almost 7.8%.\u00a0German deliveries in 2022 were 18% larger than in 2021.<\/p>\n In the first quarter, the USA imported more softwood lumber from the majority of the major supplier countries than in the same period of the previous year.\u00a0The largest absolute increases are reported for Germany (+231,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bSweden (+99,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bFinland (+34,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bBelgium (+16,000 m\u00b3) and Latvia and Norway (both +13,000 m\u00b3).<\/p>\n Deliveries declined primarily from Canada (-1.3 million m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bbut also from Austria (-44,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bChile (-37,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bRomania (-35,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bBrazil (-31,000 m\u00b3) and China (-27,000 m\u00b3), \u200b\u200bArgentina (-17,000 m\u00b3) and New Zealand (-12,000 m\u00b3).<\/p>\n Comparing the first half of this year with the first half of 2022, based on the US dollar, 1 USD = 0.925 euros, results in a price reduction for Canadian deliveries of 51%.\u00a0Deliveries from the EU countries are on average 41% lower per cubic meter than in the first half of 2022. For deliveries from Germany, the American foreign trade statistics report a price decline of 45% on a dollar basis. These price reductions were somewhat compensated for the euro Countries by the 1.0% higher exchange rate of the US dollar to the euro.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the first half of this year, the USA imported 17.2 million m\u00b3 of softwood lumber, which is 6% or almost 1.2 million m\u00b3 less than in the first six months of 2022. Deliveries from the EU countries will also … Continue reading