China's forest supply and demand show a growth trend

In 2011, the total supply of timber in the country was 500,000.99 million cubic meters, an increase of 15.78% over 2010. Among them, imported logs and other woody forest products were equivalent to 223.512 million cubic meters of wood, and domestic commercial wood production was 81.495 million cubic meters. Wood shavings and fiberboard converted wood (repeated calculation of fuelwood supply) was 135.497 million cubic meters. Farmers used timber and fired wood production for 40.369 million cubic meters. Wood supply due to over quota cutting, annual inventory, etc. About 19 million cubic meters. The total consumption of wood products in the country was 499.1991 million cubic meters, an increase of 15.78% over 2010. Including: Consumption of industrial and construction materials is 380,570,700 cubic meters, consumption of timber for farmers (excluding farmer's house construction materials) and consumption of firewood are 29,155,500 cubic meters, and exports of logs and other woody products are equivalent to 88,800,000 cubic meters of timber. Meter.

The foreign trade volume of forest products was USD 120.333 billion, an increase of 28.25% over 2010. Among them, the export value of USD 55.034 billion was 18.82% higher than that of 2010, which accounted for 2.90% of the national merchandise export value; the import value was USD 65.299 billion, an increase of 37.45% over 2010, accounting for 3.75% of the national merchandise import value.

Wood forest products import and export:

Log exports were 14,400 cubic meters, and log imports were 4,232.58 million cubic meters, an increase of 23.23% over 2010.

Sawn timber (excluding special-shaped timber) exports reached 544,200 cubic meters, an increase of 0.89% over 2010, and sawn timber imports were 2 1.6667 million cubic meters, an increase of 45.87% over 2010.

The export volume of plywood, fiberboard, and particleboard was 9.575 million cubic meters, 3.29 million cubic meters, and 86,800 cubic meters respectively. Compared with 2010, the export volume of plywood and fiberboard increased by 26.84% and 28.08% respectively, and the export volume of particleboard decreased by 47.55%; Imports of plywood, fiberboard and chipboard were 188,400 cubic meters, 306,200 cubic meters and 544,700 cubic meters respectively. Compared with 2010, imports of plywood and fiberboard decreased by 11.84% and 23.47%, respectively. Imports of particleboard increased. 1.41%.

The export of wooden furniture was 17.119 billion U.S. dollars and imports were 546 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 5.95% and 40.84% ​​respectively over 2010, and 14.435 million tons of wood pulp was imported, an increase of 27.03% over 2010;

The export of paper and paper products (represented by the proportion of wood fiber pulp) was 5.9987 million tons, an increase of 16.28% over 2010, an import of 347.77 million tons, a decrease of 1.66% from 2010, and an import of waste paper of 27.274 million tons, an increase of 12.02% over 2010. %.

In 2011, the United States and Japan remained the most important export markets for forest products, but the U.S. share fell; imports were mainly in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Southeast Asia, but Russia’s share continued to decline. The top five export trading partners were 21.73% in the United States, 10.17% in Japan, 5.28% in Hong Kong, 4.08% in Britain, and 3.16% in Germany. The top five import trading partners were 12.93% in the United States, 11.34% in Thailand, 10.85% in Indonesia, and Malaysia. 10.42% and Canada 8.45%.