International Trade – Wood Markets News

Timber (log and sawnwood) imports through Taicang Port, China, amounted to 3.79 million cubic metres in 2016, a year-on-year increase of 43%, according to Taicang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Jiangsu province.Sawnwood imports through the port came to 981,000 cubic metres, a year on...

Wooden window imports into Japan for the first four months of this year are down around 17% compared to the same period last year. For every month this year imports of wooden windows have been well below that of a year ago, as ITTO reported.Over 75% of Japan’s wooden window imports come from China a...

Japan’s April wooden door imports dropped 17% compared to a month earlier and were down around 8% year-on-year, as ITTO reported.The volatility in monthly door imports is unusual and cannot be explained by either currency fluctuations or housing start trends.At 58% of all wooden door imports in Apri...

Canadian imports of tropical sawnwood increased slightly in March to $1.95 million. The value of year-to-date imports was up 6% from March 2016. Imports of mahogany sawnwood doubled in March to $138,948, as ITTO reported.Compared to March 2016 year-to-date imports of mahogany quadrupled. The growth ...

According to Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, wooden furniture exports from Huizhou City in Guangdong province rose 17% to $133 million in 2016. Wooden furniture exports from Huizhou City have increased every year for the past 7 years. There are about 180 wooden furniture enterprises in ...