EU Timber exports to China Increasing

After a sluggish performance in 2012, China’s growing housing market has increased up demand for logs and timber in 2013, and European sawmills are starting to make their presence felt on the Chinese market. Based on the Eurostat statistics, in the 1st 7 months of 2013, EU’s softwood logs exports to China more than tripled over the identical period of 2012.Romania has developed the lead, with a share of 28% of all European exports by France (27,9% ) and Lithuania (22,9% ). Softwood lumber exports almost tripled as well, with Finland, Sweden and Germany accounting for 84% of the total EU exports. Year-on-year, Finnish and Swedish softwood timber shipments to China accelerated by over 3 times, of that total Germany exports of logs and Timber increased by 304%.