China will resume importing Australian timber from now on.
According to Reuters on May 18th, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said on the 18th that China will resume importing Australian timber from now on.
According to the report, at the end of 2020, Beijing announced that after discovering harmful organisms in wood from multiple ports in Australia, the timber trade between Australia and China was largely suspended. Previously, the annual transaction volume of this trade reached several hundred million Australian dollars.
Ambassador Xiao Qian said in a speech in Canberra, “Yesterday (17th), Chinese customs officially notified the Australian Minister of Agriculture that China will resume importing Australian timber from today (18th)
Data shows that in 2022, Australia’s timber exports to China amounted to 42.32 million, compared to 4.13 billion in 2019 before the ban was implemented. The huge gap has caused great distress for Australian timber companies. In order to return to the Chinese market, Australian officials have requested the resumption of trade with China and submitted evidence of pesticide spraying on logs to relevant Chinese customs agencies. But China did not respond to him. It was not until 2023 that there were signs of a loosening of the ban.
In March, according to Victor Violent, the head of the Australian Forestry Products Association, Chinese customs sent a list of technical rules that must be met to restore timber imports to officials from the Australian agricultural department.
On May 11th, Australian Trade Minister Farrell arrived in Beijing and began a three-day visit to China. During the talks, both sides unanimously agreed to restart economic and trade dialogue mechanisms such as the Joint Committee of the Free Trade Agreement and the high-level trade relief dialogue. On May 18th, China announced the resumption of timber imports from Australia.
Regarding the resumption of Chinese imports of Australian timber, Farrell stated that this is “a great achievement for the Australian forestry sector”.
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