Japan: 50% drop in softwood lumber imports from Europe

At 269,657 m³, the USA imported roughly 38% less sawn softwood from Europe (EU27) in July  than it did in the same month of last year....

At 269,657 m³, the USA imported roughly 38% less sawn softwood from Europe (EU27) in July 2023 (July 2022: 434,018 m³) than it did in the same month of last year. Figures from the US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) of Washington, D.C., the reduction in imports from Romania was particularly...

After the slump of 48.6% in the first quarter of 2023, Japan’s imports of sawn softwood from Europe in the second quarter remained 37.6% short of last year’s figure at 378,316 m³ (April-June 2022: 659,459 m³). The figures published in Japan Lumber Journal show that imports from Austria fell the most heavily in...