Press release: Record high lumber import in East Asia

2015-05-29

The East Asian import of softwood lumber increased significantly in 2014 and the first month of 2015 indicates a continued substantial increase. It is primarily the Canadian export that accounts for the large increase. Canada increased their softwood lumber export to East Asia by 85 percent during the first quarter of 2015, compared to same quarter last year. "Canada is going strong in East Asia, increasing its market share from a third to almost half of East Asias total lumber import in a year," says Jenny Wessung, CEO Woodstat.

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For more information contact:
Jenny Wessung
CEO Woodstat AB
+46 (0)70 660 40 46
jenny.wessung@woodstat.com
http://www.woodstat.com

About Woodstat
Since 2007 Woodstat delivers comprehensive statistics and analysis to sawmills, forest owners and banks across the world. Woodstat publishes approximately 400 issues of the newsletter "Market News" every year. The Market News are concise and contain the latest market statistics for the manufactured lumber product industry. Woodstat's charts collection is available at www.woodstat.com and contains hundreds of relevant diagrammatic data for anyone working in the wood or forest industry.