In the first half of the year, the import of timber from Zhangjiagang port has increased significantly

In the first half of the year, the characteristics of wood imported from Zhangjiagang Port were as follows: First, African timber rebounded sharply, with a total import of 441,900 square meters, a substantial increase of 62.94%. However, compared with the historical peak in 2007, there was a large gap between the two. Second, the growth of Oceania’s materials slowed down. Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) 79 million, an increase of only 5.4%, and Solomon Islands 25.4, an increase of 2.37%. Third, the relative concentration of sources, Papua New Guinea, Solomon, Cameroon, Malaysia and Equatorial Guinea 5 countries accounted for 86% of total timber imports.

It is reported that the domestic timber market has been sluggish this year, and importers generally suffer serious losses. At the same time, there is a shortage of stock yards, especially African hardwood timber. Shipments are slow and the backlog is serious. Due to the low probability of market recovery in the second half of the year, many importers have already reduced their orders. Although imports have increased in the first half of the year, the growth situation is unlikely to continue, and imports are expected to decline in the second half of the year.

According to statistics, from January to June this year, Zhangjiagang Port imported a total of 1756 batches of various types of timber, and 1,621,900 cubic meters of merchandise, valued at 395 million US dollars, an increase of 42.53%, 16.77%, and 27.01% year-on-year, respectively. The business volume was the same as in the same period of 2008. Among them, 1,587,700 cubic meters of logs and 37,800 cubic meters of sawn timber.