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Where does Japan get its sawn wood? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Japan imported $1.5 billion of sawn wood (2.4 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main sources were Canada (23%), Sweden (15%) and Russia (14%). Japan was the world’s 4th-largest importer of sawn wood.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
2.4million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
4th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada332Tonnes: 494,460USD per tonne: $67222.9%Sea
Sweden215Tonnes: 409,756USD per tonne: $52514.8%Sea
Russia203Tonnes: 346,122USD per tonne: $58814%Sea
Finland196Tonnes: 380,808USD per tonne: $51613.5%Sea
United States79.6Tonnes: 80,316USD per tonne: $9915.5%Sea
Austria76.8Tonnes: 121,120USD per tonne: $6345.3%Sea
Germany58Tonnes: 90,376USD per tonne: $6414%Sea
Romania52.7Tonnes: 91,999USD per tonne: $5733.6%Sea
Chile47.1Tonnes: 88,461USD per tonne: $5333.3%Sea
China35.4Tonnes: 44,204USD per tonne: $8002.4%Sea
Czechia32.2Tonnes: 51,262USD per tonne: $6282.2%Sea
Latvia23.4Tonnes: 43,528USD per tonne: $5371.6%Sea
Malaysia22.3Tonnes: 14,944USD per tonne: $1,4901.5%Sea
Indonesia14Tonnes: 11,247USD per tonne: $1,2420.96%Sea
Estonia12.9Tonnes: 22,741USD per tonne: $5650.89%Sea
New Zealand10.5Tonnes: 21,278USD per tonne: $4950.73%Sea
Italy7.2Tonnes: 4,578USD per tonne: $1,5800.5%Sea
Switzerland4.2Tonnes: 3,734USD per tonne: $1,1340.29%Sea
Taiwan2.9Tonnes: 3,109USD per tonne: $9250.2%Sea
Philippines2.8Tonnes: 15,090USD per tonne: $1870.19%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Canada 0.33
  • Sweden 0.21
  • Russia 0.2
  • Finland 0.2
  • United States 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada2.10.33
Sweden0.060.21
Russia0.110.2
Finland0.110.2
United States0.870.08

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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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