Sep 15, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. Log exports from Papua-New Guinea surged to 216,781 cubic meters) in July 2006. Total log exports (excluding plantation) amounted to 2,51 million cubic meters) in the year to July 2006. Saw/veneer grades accounted for 85% of the total. Main log export species were taun, malas, bintangor and terminalia. China took 80% of all log exports, followed by Japan (8%), Vietnam (5.4%) and Korea (3.5%). Of the saw/veneer log grades, China imported 89%, Japan 5.7%, Korea 2.2% and Vietnam 1.1%. For plantation species, kamarere remained the main export species primarily to the markets of Vietnam, Japan, China and Korea.