Tropical Timber Market report - China's declining log importsFriday 21 Nov 2025
This was reported in the just released, ITTO Tropical Timber Market (TTM) Report, for 1-15 November 2025. Of the total, China’s softwood log imports amounted to 18.02 million cubic metres, down 8%. Hardwood log imports came to 5.94 million cubic metres, dropping 25% over the same period of 2024. New Zealand was the largest supplier of logs, and China’s imports from New Zealand rose 1% to 13.567 million cubic metres between January to September 2025, accounting for 57% of the national total. China’s log imports from Japan grew 12% to 1.289 million cubic metres, in addition, imports from Canada and Latvia rose 10% and 55% respectively between January and September 2025. In contrast, China’s log imports from the US fell 75%. Log imports from PNG, Russia, Solomon Islands, Germany and France declined (see table). Due to quarantine issues with logs from the US, on 4 March 2025 the General Administration of China Customs issued an announcement stating that it would immediately suspend the import of wood from the United States. This not only had a profound impact on the wood trade pattern between China and the United States but also brought an extremely obvious shock to the domestic wood industry in the US. It has been reported that many sawmills in the southern United States have had to reduce production due to changes in demand, uncertainties in trade policies and various regulatory barriers. More >> Source: ITTO Image credit: China Customs (via ITTO) | ||
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