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China Customs data shows log imports in 2023 totalled 38.03 million cubic metres valued at US$6.383 billion, a decline of 13% in volume and 25% in value year on year. The average price for imported logs was US$168 (CIF) per cubic metre, down 14% on 2022 levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of total log imports in 2023, softwood log imports fell 10% to 28.1 million cubic meters, accounting for 74% of the national total, up 3% percentage points from 2022. The average price for imported softwood logs was US$134 (CIF) per cubic metre, down 16% on 2022. Hardwood log imports in 2023 declined 20% to 9.93 million cubic meters (26% of the national total log imports). The average price for imported hardwood logs in 2023 was US$264 (CIF) per cubic meter, down 7% on 2022 .<\/p>\n

Of total hardwood log imports, tropical log imports were 5.71 million cubic meters valued at US$1.516 billion, down 8% in volume and down 19% in value from 2022 and accounted for 15% of the national total import volume in 2023. The average price for tropical logs imports in 2023 was US$265 (CIF) per cubic meter, down 12% on 2022 level.<\/p>\n

Large decline in log imports from Germany and Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The volume of log imports from Germany and Russia in 2023 declined sharply, dropping 40% and 27% year on year to 3.59 million cubic meters and 1.61 million cubic meters respectively. These declines were the main reason for the overall decline in log imports in 2023.<\/p>\n

New Zealand was, once again, the top supplier of logs to China in 2023 accounting for 47% of the national total, up 6\"\"<\/a> percentage points from 2022. China\u2019s log imports from New Zealand reached almost 18 million cubic metres valued at US$2.209 billion, up 2% in volume but down 18% in value, year on year. The average price for imported logs from New Zealand was US$123 (CIF) per cubic metre, down 19% on 2022 levels.<\/p>\n

Germany ranked second for log imports to China in 2023 making up 9% of the national total, down 5 percentage points from 2022. China\u2019s log imports from Germany reached 3.3 million cubic metres valued at US$576 million, down 40% in volume and 44% in value, year on year. The average price for imported logs from Germany was US$160 (CIF) per cubic metre, down 7% on 2022 level.<\/p>\n

Increase in softwood log imports from Japan and Poland<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>China\u2019s log imports from Japan and Poland rose respectively 26% and 106% year on year to 1.41 million cubic metres and 1.11 million cubic metres in 2023. The average price for imported logs from Japan and Poland was US$120 (CIF) per cubic metre and US$151 (CIF) per cubic metre, down 20% and 10% on 2022 levels. Nearly 100% of China\u2019s log imports from Japan and Poland in 2023 were softwood logs.<\/p>\n

Japan's log exports to China are on the rise and one enduse for some of these imported logs is the manufacture coffins. China's Cao County in Shandong Province has a virtual monopoly in the production of coffins from milled Japanese logs. Coffins produced in Cao County account for around 90% the coffins shipped to Japan.<\/p>\n

The wood processing industry in Caoxian County has a good future and the annual output from wood processing reached around RMB50 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n

Log exports from Poland began after the decision of the Polish State Forest Service in 2017 to lift the log export controls. After severer storms in Poland in 2017 the Polish authorities were unable to properly dispose of nearly 10 million cubic metres of wind blown forests so sought export markets.<\/p>\n

Steep drop in hardwood log imports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hardwood log imports in 2023 fell 20% to 9.926 million cubic metres (26% of the national total log imports). PNG was the largest supplier of hardwood logs to China in 2023. China\u2019s hardwood log imports from PNG fell 3% to 2.268 million cubic metres valued at US$483 million, down 12% year on year. The average CIF price for hardwood log imports from PNG in 2023 fell 9% compared to levels in on 2022.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s hardwood log imports from Russia were 1.613 million cubic metres valued at US$197 million, down 24% in both volume and in value in 2023. The average CIF price for hardwood logs from Russia fell 1%.<\/p>\n

Over 60% of the national total log imports are from four countries, namely PNG (23%), Russia (16%), Solomon Is. (15%) and USA (8%).<\/p>\n

China\u2019s hardwood log imports from the US declined by 7% year on year in 2023 to 781,000 cubic metres valued at US$444 million, down 4% on 2022. China\u2019s hardwood log imports from Brazil, France and Germany dropped 50%, 40% and 16% respectively.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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