Wood Market Trends in China.2007

摘要

Since joining the WTO in 2002 China's economic growth has remained in double digits year after year. It has greatly increased exports and in 2006 was responsible for a third of the United States' $US750 billion trade deficit. China is now referred to as the world's manufacturing centre. This is true not only for clothing and toys but also for manufactured wood products: China was the world's largest exporter (by value) of wood furniture, plywood and hardwood flooring in 2006 (data from GTA). China is far from self-sufficient in wood materials for its growing wood, pulp and manufactured wood products industries. Increasing imports of wood raw material sourced wood products industries. Increasing imports of wood raw material sourced globally combined with increasing exports of finished products ensure that China will continue to have substantial impact on global trade in wood products, both as a customer for wood as a raw material input, and as a competitor producing finished wood and paper products. In fact China will continue to impact all aspects of the global wood value chain from resource to final market.