Mar 16, 2016. /Lesprom Network/. China's tropical log imports in 2015 totalled 8.9 million cubic metres accounting for 20% of the national total and were valued at $2.8 billion reflecting a 10% decline in volume and a 32% decline in value, ITTO reported.

The average price for imported tropical logs was $319 per cubic metre, a year on year drop of 25%.

China imported tropical logs mainly from Papua New Guinea（36%), Solomon Islands (25%), Equatorial Guinea (7.4%), Cameroon (6.2%), Nigeria（6.1%） and Congo Brazzaville（5.9%).

Just 10 countries supplied 96% of China’s tropical log requirements in 2015. Log imports from Equatorial Guinea grew 32% in 2015 and imports from Cameroon expanded 14% over the same period.

Countries from which tropical log imports declined included Malaysia (-47%) and Laos (-43%). The main point for tropical log imports in 2015 was Nanjing Port which accounted for 84% of all tropical log imports.