Nov 19, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. China’s log imports totalled 25.7 million cubic metres, valued at $4,491 million from January to September 2010, up 23% in volume and 53% in value over the same period in 2009, ITTO reported. Of the total, softwood log imports were 18 million cubic metres, valued at $2,351 million, up 17% in volume and 42% in value. Hardwood log imports were 7.7 million cubic metres, valued at $ 2,141 million, up 38% in volume and 68% in value. Of the total log imports, 24% were tropical logs totalling 6.2 million cubic metres, a significant jump of 43% from the same period in 2009.