Japan remains world's largest importer of woodchips

摘要

The global trade of woodchips has grown year on year from 2000 to 2011, the Wood Resource Quarterly reports. This is with the exception of 2009 when pulp production fell around 10% and the demand for wood fibre was down. From 2009-2012 woodchip imports reached just over 31 million tonnes, a 6.5 million increase. According to the report, much of this can be attributed to major investments in pulp capacity in China and increased production of MDF in Turkey.