OREANDA-NEWS. January 31, 2014. The Nagano Forest Association has indicated that some 1,800 cubic metres of logs will be exported to China in February, as ITTO reported.

This is the first time logs will be shipped from the prefecture to China. Shippers report that the price obtained from Chinese buyers is higher than the price paid by domestic mills. It is understood these logs will be processed to wood-based panels and furniture.

Japan recently revised its national forestry subsidy system such that the more a Japanese enterprise harvests the greater the subsidy. It is possible that log exports from Nagano will increase this year.