Russian softwood lumber exports to China reached 1.55 million m3 in April, up by 81% from March’s 853,000 m3. March volumes were already up by 55% from February.
In fact, Russia’s March export volumes to China had been the largest-ever single month’s volume to China by a single country. Now, the Russian softwood lumber exports are now 50% higher than the same four-month period in 2015 — or 3.6 million m3 (2.2 billion bf- nominal) versus 2.4 million m3, according to an