Port of Tauranga hopes the China inventory problems that have recently affected New Zealand's export log trade will prove to be a short-term blip.
"We are expecting the first quarter of the new financial year to taper off a bit," said chief executive Mark Cairns.
He was speaking after the release of the port's results last week, which showed positive earnings and cargo growth for the year to June 2014.
"Price pressure in the Chinese market is expected to impact on the volume of log exports in the short-term. But pricing is coming up again and we're hoping it will just be a quarter blip, then back to normal harvesting."
The first month of the new financial year had shown continued growth in container and log export volumes from the previous year, he said.