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According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, on May 18th, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian stated at a press conference that Chinese customs had notified the Australian Minister of Agriculture on the 17th to resume the import of Australian timber from the 18th.

Xiao Qian stated that on May 17th, Chinese customs officially notified the Australian Minister of Agriculture that China will resume importing Australian timber from now on. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation reported.

China used to be Australia's largest foreign trade country, but due to a series of erroneous remarks and actions by Australia, the relationship between the two countries will reach a freezing point.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, starting from November 2020, China officially implemented a ban on "Australian wood". Since the ban was issued, Australian wood has been in a state of import ban.

The reason is that quarantine pests have been detected in logs imported from multiple locations in Australia.

China resumes importing wood from Australia

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, 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.

According to Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation, 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".