The latest data summarizing West coast log and lumber exports in the fourth quarter of 2015 were released Tuesday by the U.S. Forest Service’s Paci c North– west Research Station. The data—covering exports during October, November, and December 2015—were compiled and analyzed by Xiaoping Zhou, a research economist with the station.
Volume and Value of US West Coast Log, Lumber Exports Down in 2015
China decreased its West coast log and lumber imports in 2015 as a result of its domestic economic and national restructuring adjustment, but the country remains the leading market for West coast wood products, said Xiaoping Zhou, a research economist at the US Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. Tuesday.
About 59 per cent of the West coast’s log exports and 31 per cent of its lumber exports went to China in 2015.
According to Zhou, the percentage of West coast log and lumber exports relative to total US exports has de- creased in recent years because more exports are coming from other districts, such as New York City and Norfolk, Virginia.
