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 year increase of 5%. Overall log and sawnwood imports through the port totalled 8.88 million cubic metres in 2016, breaking a record high.
For this year up to April sawnwood imports have tended to be stable but log imports have risen sharply (+64%). Of total log imports those from Canada surged over 70% to 357,400 cubic metres, those from Australia rose 230% compared to the same period last year.
