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Where does China get its logs? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $5.5 billion of logs (30.9 million tonnes), 43.1% of the world total. Its main sources were New Zealand (35%), the United States (15%) and Papua New Guinea (8%). China was the world’s largest importer of logs.

Summary

Value
$5.5billion
Tonnes
30.9million tonnes
Share of world total
43.1%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
New Zealand1.9Tonnes: 14,479,810USD per tonne: $13234.5%Sea
United States0.85Tonnes: 2,454,599USD per tonne: $34815.5%Sea
Papua New Guinea0.46Tonnes: 1,939,410USD per tonne: $2368.3%Sea
Solomon Islands0.28Tonnes: 1,432,563USD per tonne: $1945%Sea
Germany0.22Tonnes: 1,176,850USD per tonne: $1874%Sea
Japan0.19Tonnes: 1,305,245USD per tonne: $1443.4%Sea
Russia0.19Tonnes: 1,534,178USD per tonne: $1223.4%Sea
Canada0.18Tonnes: 1,050,346USD per tonne: $1743.3%Sea
Republic of the Congo0.12Tonnes: 314,038USD per tonne: $3772.1%Sea
France0.1Tonnes: 421,092USD per tonne: $2301.8%Sea
Cameroon0.09Tonnes: 323,716USD per tonne: $2831.7%Sea
Poland0.08Tonnes: 559,434USD per tonne: $1481.5%Sea
Australia0.07Tonnes: 485,779USD per tonne: $1391.2%Sea
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.05Tonnes: 164,504USD per tonne: $3290.98%Sea
Mozambique0.05Tonnes: 157,442USD per tonne: $3140.89%Sea
Latvia0.05Tonnes: 342,785USD per tonne: $1440.89%Sea
Bolivia0.05Tonnes: 104,069USD per tonne: $4470.84%Sea
Slovakia0.04Tonnes: 165,141USD per tonne: $2570.77%Sea
Denmark0.04Tonnes: 237,815USD per tonne: $1680.72%Sea
Brazil0.04Tonnes: 380,434USD per tonne: $990.68%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

New Zealand has been its main source since 2012

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • New Zealand 1.9
  • United States 0.85
  • Papua New Guinea 0.46
  • Solomon Islands 0.28
  • Germany 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
New Zealand0.011.9
United States0.020.85
Papua New Guinea0.030.46
Solomon Islands< 0.010.28
Germany< 0.010.22

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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