HELSINKI: Finnish exports of rough-sawn softwood lumber and planed lumber to China, at 425,607m³, were 36% above the comparative quarter of the preceding year. As a proportion of total Finnish exports, this constitutes an increase by three percentage points to 17%. According to the latest export statistics published by the Finnish customs authority, deliveries to customers in Egypt increased by 29% to 393,896 m³. Exports to Japan, at 273,826 m³, remained at virtually the same level as the preceding year. Exports to countries outside of Europe increased by 9% to 1.573m m³, and the proportion amounted to 64%.
With regard to the entire period of 2017, Finnish exports exceeded the previous year’s figure by 9% at 9.339m m³. Exports to countries outside Europe rose at the same rate to 5.830m m³. At a volume of 2.957m m³, sales volumes to customers in east, south and south-east Asia were 37% above the figure of the previous year.
