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Who buys the United States’ logs? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $1.8 billion of logs (7 million tonnes), 13.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (48%), Japan (17%) and Canada (16%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of logs.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
7million tonnes
Share of world total
13.9%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China855Tonnes: 2,454,599USD per tonne: $34847.9%Sea
Japan312Tonnes: 1,712,717USD per tonne: $18217.5%Sea
Canada282Tonnes: 1,354,486USD per tonne: $20815.8%Sea
Vietnam121Tonnes: 480,001USD per tonne: $2526.8%Sea
India54.4Tonnes: 373,908USD per tonne: $1463.1%Sea
South Korea32.5Tonnes: 212,657USD per tonne: $1521.8%Sea
Peru13.8Tonnes: 21,143USD per tonne: $6510.77%Sea
Italy12Tonnes: 62,985USD per tonne: $1900.67%Sea
Portugal11.4Tonnes: 42,097USD per tonne: $2700.64%Sea
Germany9.6Tonnes: 9,520USD per tonne: $1,0040.53%Sea
Turkey9.3Tonnes: 7,749USD per tonne: $1,2060.52%Sea
Jamaica6.1Tonnes: 12,539USD per tonne: $4900.34%Sea
Mexico4.6Tonnes: 25,785USD per tonne: $1780.26%Sea
United Arab Emirates4.5Tonnes: 37,934USD per tonne: $1190.25%Sea
Bahamas4.2Tonnes: 18,058USD per tonne: $2330.24%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports3.7Tonnes: 12,337USD per tonne: $3040.21%Sea
Colombia3.5Tonnes: 6,139USD per tonne: $5650.19%Sea
Turks and Caicos Islands3.3Tonnes: 6,881USD per tonne: $4750.18%Sea
Taiwan3.2Tonnes: 7,184USD per tonne: $4430.18%Sea
Spain3.1Tonnes: 5,670USD per tonne: $5380.17%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2010

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

  • China 0.85
  • Japan 0.31
  • Canada 0.28
  • Vietnam 0.12
  • India 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.020.85
Japan2.20.31
Canada0.360.28
Vietnam00.12
India< 0.010.05

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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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