The value of imported forest products to China dropped by $750 million year-over-year during January and February 2020.

Gene Wengert, the Wood Dr., believes these purchases may lead to additional shortages of lumber used in home construction in the U.S.

Exportation of logs and lumber from North America to China fell by 17% to 2.1 billion dollars in 2012, but a turn-around in shipments is expected in 2013, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.