Softwood log stocks at China’s main ocean ports totalled 4.6 million m3 at the end of September 2020, up 3 percent from the previous month. Radiata pine log inventories recorded an increase of 2.9 percent, and European spruce log inventories totalled 680,000 m3, up 28 percent.
China’s total softwood log imports in 2020 YTD was 26,952,000 m3. The largest exporter was New Zealand, which exported 9,348,000 m3 softwood log to China in 2020 YTD.