Log import
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China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading
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February 1, 2016
China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading
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China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading
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February 1, 2016
China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading
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China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading
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February 1, 2016
China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading
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March brings 76% increase of logs imports to China
Log import volumes to China typically increase in the month of March every year and 2015 was no exception with a 76 percent jump from the previous month. The softwood log imports reached 2.9 million m3. This is the highest monthly volume since early in 2014, and incidentally, is also higher than the monthly average over the past two years. With the Russian ruble falling in value by over 50% over the past six months, there were expectations by some market observers that Russian exporters would increase their export volumes substantially in 2015, but that has not yet happened. In the first quarter of 2015, Russia actually exported fewer softwood logs to China than in the previous quarter, and comparitively, shipments were almost 15% below the 1Q/2014. There are numerous obstacles to Russian log exporters increasing export volumes in the short-term. These include inadequate ability to... Continue reading
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February 1, 2016
China: Logs and lumber imports crashed in 2015
Log exporters to China are facing a hard year because of the slowing economy and lower US-dollar prices. Also, the slowdown in the construction market caused by the heavy building is affecting China in the same direction, according to Wood Markets. The statistics released in December 2015 for forest products imports, including logs and lumber, by China Customs showed that 2015 was a tough year for exporters to China. A lower consumption of logs and lumber in the building construction market were the results for working against importers. The building construction slowdown in China was caused by the lower real estate prices alongside with rising inventories of unsold residential and office units. This also had a great impact on exporters to China. Statistics presented by Wood Markets showed that the demand on the furniture and decoration markets remained stable, but the net effect... Continue reading