Nov 26, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Australia increases its import of sawn wood from Estonia. The total value of sawn wood imports increased by 6%, to $430 million. Volumes increased by 19% to equal 748,000, as KMS Baltics reported. While New Zealand remains the largest exporter to Australia, there were large increases in supplies obtained from Estonia, Lithuania and Sweden. Allan Hansard, chief executive of National Association of Forest Industries, speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, explained the increase in imported wood was largely due to the sharp rise in the Australian house building sector. He added the slowdown in the Europe and US housing market has also meant that timber had been reallocated to Australia.