Japanese Pulpmills Have Increased Their Wood Chip Imports Since 2020Håkan Ekström
Japan is the world’s second-largest importer of wood chips behind China, accounting for about one-third of the world’s total imports. While China is a relative newcomer in the overseas wood chip market, pulpmills in Japan have a long history of relying on imported wood fiber, with their first shipments arriving in Japan in the mid-1960s.
