{"id":55963,"date":"2026-05-04T22:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/?p=55963"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:07:43","slug":"australias-wood-product-imports-exceed-us3-billion-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/australias-wood-product-imports-exceed-us3-billion-in-2025.html","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Wood Product Imports Exceed US$3 Billion in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s wood product imports surpassed US$3 billion<\/strong> in 2025, with China remaining by far the country\u2019s largest supplier. According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics<\/strong>, analysed by IndustryEdge<\/strong>, China supplied US$1.318 billion<\/strong> worth of wood products during the year, accounting for 43.8%<\/strong> of Australia\u2019s total wood product imports.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s share was larger than the next four supplier countries combined and marked a 9.1% increase<\/strong> compared with the previous year. The figures were calculated on an AUD cif basis<\/strong>, reflecting the landed cost of products in Australia, including freight and insurance.<\/p>\n

Plywood, LVL and glulam lead import categories<\/strong><\/p>\n

The largest product category was plywood, LVL and glulam<\/strong>, with imports valued at US$792.8 million<\/strong>. This category accounted for 26.3%<\/strong> of Australia\u2019s total wood product import spend.<\/p>\n

It was followed by builders joinery<\/strong> at US$562.4 million<\/strong> and sawnwood<\/strong> at US$556.4 million<\/strong>. Together, these three categories represented close to 64%<\/strong> of Australia\u2019s total wood product import expenditure for the year.<\/p>\n

The data also highlights that these are product categories for which Australian plantation fibre has the raw capacity to support domestic production.<\/p>\n

New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia remain key suppliers<\/strong><\/p>\n

After China, New Zealand<\/strong> was Australia\u2019s second-largest source of wood product imports, with shipments valued at US$302.9 million<\/strong>. Indonesia<\/strong> followed with US$289.4 million<\/strong>, while Malaysia<\/strong> supplied US$180.4 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Among the top ten supplier countries, Finland<\/strong> recorded the strongest year-on-year growth. Its exports to Australia rose by 38%<\/strong> compared with the previous calendar year, reaching US$80.1 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Plywood import volumes continue to climb<\/strong><\/p>\n

The data also confirms a broader trend already observed across several import categories. Australia\u2019s 12-month plywood import volume exceeded 500,000 cubic metres<\/strong> for the first time in January 2026, representing a 21.8% increase<\/strong> compared with the previous corresponding period.<\/p>\n

January also recorded the highest single-month plywood import volume ever measured, despite usually being one of the quieter months in Australia\u2019s trade calendar.<\/p>\n

Overall, the figures point to Australia\u2019s continued reliance on imported wood products, particularly from China, while also underlining the strong demand for engineered wood, joinery and sawnwood products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s wood product imports surpassed US$3 billion in 2025, with China remaining by far the country\u2019s largest supplier. According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, analysed by IndustryEdge, China supplied US$1.318 billion worth of wood products during the year, accounting for 43.8% of Australia\u2019s total wood product imports. China\u2019s share was larger than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[250,254,179,2021],"tags":[8627,8337,8594,8634,8340,8629,8633,8630,8628,8631,8632],"class_list":["post-55963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-headline-news","category-journal","category-wood-materials","tag-australia","tag-china","tag-finland","tag-glulam-en","tag-import","tag-indonesia","tag-lvl-en","tag-malaysia","tag-new-zealand","tag-plantation-fibre","tag-plywood-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/australiaTimberImport.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55967,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55963\/revisions\/55967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}