On 17 January, the "MS Saga Faith" left the Swedish port of Karlshamn for the USA with a total of 65,417 m³ of sawn softwood on board. According to the Swedish Vida AB, from which 34,902 m³ alone came, this was the largest shipload of sawn softwood that has left Sweden so far.
According to the US import figures available to date, Sweden exported a total of almost 330,864 m³ of sawn softwood and planed goods to the USA in the first eight months, about 14 % less than in the same period of the previous year. In 2018 as a whole, the USA imported a total of about 392,000 m³ from Sweden.
