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Slight increase in softwood sawn timber imports

Article by Martina Nöstler (translated by Eva Guzely) | 07.12.2020 - 15:29

While the US received less softwood sawn timber from Canada in the first ten months, imports from almost all other supplying countries went up.

In the first ten months, the US imported a total of 29.1 million m³ of softwood sawn timber. Compared to the same period of last year, imports saw a slight increase of 1.1%, as data published by the FAS show. 25.36 million m³, i.e. 2.8% less, were bought from main supplier Canada.

Marked year-on-year increases were recorded in imports from Germany (1.25 million m³; +47%), Sweden (561,500 m³; +73%), Brazil (512,000 m³; +23%) or Austria (257,000 m³; +53%). Softwood sawn timber imports from New Zealand, on the other hand, fell by 4% to 173,000 m³.

As always, you can find detailed developments in our Datacube in the section Foreign trade.

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