From January to November 2019, Japan imported 806,000 m³ of glulam and CLT. Imports have thus been up by 2% compared to the same period of last year.
Again, the most important supplying countries were Finland (302,000 m³; +3%), Romania (147,000 m³; +5%) and Austria (105,000 m³; -2%). Imports from Russia saw the biggest relative increase with quantities rising by 27% to 69,000 m³. Data are collected by Statistics of Japan.
Japan gluam and CLT imports January – November 2019
| Country | 2019 | 2018 | Change in % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 301,907 | 292,720 | 3.1 |
| Romania | 146,517 | 139,804 | 4.8 |
| Austria | 105,104 | 107,406 | -2.1 |
| Russia | 69,350 | 54,804 | 26.5 |
| Estonia | 56,457 | 55,452 | 1.8 |
| Poland | 39,626 | 43,202 | -8.3 |
| Indonesia | 31,731 | 27,541 | 15.2 |
| China | 25,569 | 25,718 | -0.6 |
| Sweden | 15,644 | 18,746 | -16.5 |
| Germany | 7,379 | 18,367 | -59.8 |
| Other countries | 6,369 | 4,960 | 28.4 |
| Total | 805,653 | 788,720 | 2.1 |
