It is reported that the Nihon Keizai Shimbun quoted relevant data to point out that the Chinese market accounts for more than 90% of Japan's total log exports to the world. And this year, China's imports of Japanese logs have increased significantly.
According to China's customs data, in the first 11 months of this year, China's timber imports from Japan reached 1.32 million cubic meters, an increase of 23 percent year-on-year98%；In RMB terms, the amount of ** amounted to 114.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 261 percentage points.
According to the specific import month, April, September and October have become the concentrated arrival months of Japanese timber imported by China, which have increased respectively. 85% and 6258%。
In terms of timber types, the types of timber exported from Japan to China are mainly logs. According to statistics, from January to November 2023, the country's imports of Japanese logs increased by 25% year-on-year52% to 1.27 million cubic meters, accounting for 95% of its total timber exports to China89%。
Among them, the import of Japanese logs in April increased by 80 percent year-on-year62%, making it the highest month of the year so far;November to 14The import volume of 220,000 cubic meters became the highest number of imports so far this year. In addition, imports in September and October also increased by 76 year-on-year91% and 6679%。
According to the average price of arrival at the port (excluding other costs such as sea freight).In the first 11 months, the average number of logs exported from Japan to China was in a trend. Comparatively speaking, the average import price fell by a smaller amount in October and November, at 1167% vs. 1146%；The biggest declines were in June and July, both by more than 20%.
As the global timber resources continue to shrink, a number of timber exporting countries and regions have announced a ban on the cutting of primeval forests, restrictions on timber harvesting, and restrictions on log exports to varying degrees, resulting in a high growth rate of logs in the past few years.
In the context of the decline in log exports and becoming the world's leading timber trend, China, as a traditional log importer, inevitably has a great demand for logs.
In recent years, Japan's domestic mountains and forests are low, which has become one of the reasons why China has increased the import of logs from Japan this year. At the same time, the president of the Japanese mountain forest trading ** "yamaichiba" saidBecause of the cheapness, many Chinese are buying Japanese mountain forestsThink of it as a cheap investment commodity.