May 03, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Log exports from PNG rose sharply to 286 032 cubic meters in January 2007, up 37% from December and 53% from January 2006, ITTO reported. Total log exports reached 2.7 million cubic meters in the year to January 2007. Saw/veneer grades accounted for 88% of the total log exports in this period. Main log export species were taun, malas, bintangor and terminalia. China took 82.8% of all log exports, followed by Japan (8.2%), Korea (2.9%) and Vietnam (2.5%). Of the saw/veneer log grades, China imported 88.3%, Japan 6.2%, Korea 2.1% and India 1.6%. For plantation species, kamarere remained the main export species primarily to the markets of Japan, Vietnam, China and India.