A Brief Analysis of the Timber Import Situation in Jiangsu in the First 10 Months of 2011

In the first 10 months of 2011, a total of 6536 batches of incoming timber were inspected and quarantined at the Jiangsu Port, totaling 11.3682 million cubic meters, and 2.346 billion US dollars, up 51.09%, 44.78%, and 42.53% year-on-year respectively, including 2385 batches of imported sawn timber. , 95.48 million cubic meters, 240 million US dollars. The volume of timber imports hit a new high in the same period in history, and the increase in log imports continued to exceed the national average.

Jiangsu's timber imports come from 63 countries and regions. The import volume in the first 10 months was 2.838 million cubic meters in North America, 5.542 million cubic meters in Oceania, 115.100 million cubic meters in African materials, 421,300 cubic meters in Southeast Asia, and 1.341 million in Russian materials. Cubic meters, of which the major source of substantial increase in timber, are a substantial increase in North American and Australian timber, which were 1.48 million cubic meters and 290,000 cubic meters higher than last year.

This year, the branches of the Jiangsu Port have further strengthened the inspection, quarantine and detoxification of timber in the face of a significant increase in timber imports. A total of 33,000 types of pests have been intercepted, and the wood 1048 has been detoxified. Ten million cubic meters effectively protected the domestic agro-forestry and ecological security. At the same time, by strengthening service and guidance, there has also been a gratifying situation in which the number of timber collection and distribution terminals has increased further, the types of wood imported to each other have been supplemented, and the timber business has been making progress. This has jointly promoted the booming development of the timber market in Jiangsu.