Dec 18, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Participants of the Japan Southsea Lumber Conference in Tokyo noted there were no Southsea logs arriving at the Port of Tokyo in October, with only a port in Chiba prefecture receiving a small amount of Southsea logs. Buyers noted that supply conditions were difficult in Malaysia due to poor weather, China continued to sustain its purchases of logs and India’s buying trends continued to be in a slump. Participants said that since supply for logs was quite high in Japan, some shippers started their holidays early, with others expecting new shipments of logs to arrive again in February 2009. Overall, Southsea log imports for October were down 31% from the previous year’s levels. Arrival of lumber products was down 23.6% for Malaysia, 20% for China and about 39% for Indonesia when compared to the previous year. Prices for logs and lumber have been falling across the board since mid-November.