Data from China’s General Administration of Customs revealed that China imported a total of 4.029 million cubic meters of logs and sawnwood in August 2025, marking a 13.4% decline from July and a 20.2% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. This also represented the sixth consecutive month of year-on-year decline and the fifth straight month of month-on-month contraction.

In terms of import value, the total import value of logs and sawnwood in August reached 5.86 billion yuan, down 23.3% year-on-year.

Overall, from January to August 2025, China imported a total volume of 37.508 million cubic meters of logs and sawnwood, a 13.2% decrease from the 43.222 million cubic meters imported during the same period in 2024. And the cumulative import value of logs and sawnwood during the first eight months reached 54.54 billion yuan, down 15.6% year-on-year.