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Japan reduced its lumber imports

Article by Birgit Fingerlos (translated by Eva Guzely) | 31.01.2024 - 09:20

In 2023, Japan imported 3.2 million m³ of softwood lumber. This corresponds to a 33% decrease compared to 2022, when imports had totaled 4.7 million m³. In fact, all main supplying countries saw their shipments decrease.

In 2023, Canada was Japan’s number one supplier of softwood lumber with a volume of 758,000 m³. In 2022, the country shipped 932,000 m³ to Japan, i.e. 19% more than last year. Marked decreases were also recorded in imports from Finland (578,000 m³; -31%) and Sweden (567,000 m³; -33%). Russia is in fourth place of the main supplying countries and saw its trade volumes fall by 40% to 467,000 m³. Austria was the supplier with the biggest relative decrease (158,000 m³; -50%).

Data collected and published by Statistics of Japan were used for this analysis. You can find more detailed figures in our Datacube.

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