The Entire Timber Structure to Meet the Economic Recovery

08, China's timber resources, the basic balancemahogany and other timber, and heavy losses. Papua
between total supply and demand, and otherNew Guinea wood, African wood, mahogany and
non-renewable raw materials compared to woodother various species were down across the board,
prices relatively stable, with the exception of tropicaltrading volume shrinking, port backlog. The overall
tree species of natural precious things, the wholedecline in the prices of various types of wood at
timber does not appear a serious contradiction20% -40%; the main raw material for wood-based
between supply and demand, prices will not be a bigpanel of poplar, eucalyptus wood prices fell about
fluctuations. Affected by the financial turmoil, a30%. Zhangjiagang the end of 2008 to the explosion
substantial decline in import and export of wood andin the volume, inventory backlog, businesses low-cost
products of the situation will not improve in the shortvirtual fire sale, causing closure of a large number of
term.wooden.
Lasted for two days the theme of "confidence crisisZhu ago pointed out: "to the wooden products
action", "2009 years of China's timber industry will be"export-oriented enterprises and not have their own
beautiful and mysterious in Urumqi, Xinjiang, tobrands and channels, the most difficult days, four
explore the timber industry under the influence of thewood-based panel production base in China is faced
financial crisis, how to overcome adversity, seizewith unprecedented difficulties and challenges, Pizhou
opportunities, a total of and development.70-80% of companies in the cut-off semi-stop
China Timber Circulation Association and Woodproducing state, a large number of migrant workers
Products Zhu former president made a speechreturn home jobless, as the main raw materials of
entitled "Financial Tsunami timber wood productspoplar wood-based panel prices decline quickly;
under the situation of the situation and responseYangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and some small
measures" report. Zhu said before: "4 trillion tofurniture factory, floor plants were also closed about
expand investment and the role of starting to1 / 3. "
emerge, the real estate market began to pick up,In 2008 a large number of excess fiber capacity,
urbanization, industrialization accelerated, theresulting in some large enterprises have ceased
development of timber industry opportunities.production. Fibreboard market capacity of China's
Meanwhile, China's exports of wood products as the2,500 million cubic meters, but the production capacity
world's leading powers will not be changes in thehas more than 40 million cubic meters last year,
timber industry have the confidence to overcomefibreboard prices fell 10-20%.
difficulties and do a good job talent pool, changingDecoration by the real estate industry, the impact of
product mix and improving quality, creating their own2008 decreased by 30% or more, especially in
brand, and avoid vicious competition, will be able tofront-line major cities a greater impact, the national
successfully tide over the financial crisis. "real estate sales fell 17%, down 54% Beijing, Beijing,
A basic balance between supply and demand ofsome of the major decoration company sales fell
domestic timber resources, timber, import prices50%.
stable. In 2008, China's timber resource supply"However, a number of large-scale wood products
capacity of 404.64 million cubic meters, of whichbusiness because of the strength that is to integrate
81.08 million cubic meters of domestic wooda good opportunity for the crisis at this time also
products, 29.57 million cubic meters of imported logs,used the opportunity to expand. Such as key-wai
imported pulp and other wood products 117.4 millionown brand of furniture exports last year, export
cubic meters, 68.8 million cubic meters such assales increased by 30%. Some strength furniture ,
particleboard fiberboard, the other 97.7 million cubicflooring company is also prepared on high value-added
meters.products, such as wooden doors and so on, Jimei
Domestic log production in 2008, an increase over thehome to prepare next year to shop in Paris, France.
previous year 11.31 million cubic meters, an increase of"Zhu said before.
16.2%, 28.41 million cubic meters of domestic sawnPearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and other
timber, a slight increase of 0.4% over the previouseconomically developed areas, due to land, labor,
year, wood-based panels 94.09 million cubic meters,policy and other factors, labor-intensive, value-added
up 6.5%.wood products is not too high, the development of
"China has entered the forest stock and area ofenterprises are affected, some wood products
double-growth era!" Zhu said before.companies in the north to the transfer of a number
Under the influence of the financial crisis, capitalof new Wood processing park began to take shape,
goods prices have fallen sharply, but compared torelying on policies, resources, land edge in the
other industries, wood industry, prices were relativelyeconomic downturn in development, such as
stable, prices of imported logs in 2008, to theZhangwu Liaoning, Jiangsu Siyang, Dunhua in Jilin,
customs dollar price (equivalent to ex-factory price)Heilongjiang Hailin Muling so. Some well-known large
basis, reaching 175.3 U.S. dollars per cubic meter,enterprises, such as universities in Asia, Nature,
increased by 21.5%, net of the yuan appreciation, anPower Dekor, IKEA, Jia Han are all settled in
increase of 12.1%.Mudanjiang area.
Zhu before the analysis: "log prices rise, mainly inThe domestic economy will soon recover the timber
Russia caused a substantial increase in timber exportindustry should seize the opportunity to ride on the
tariffs. If the net imports of Russian logs, othermomentum. When talking about China's timber trade
import log prices rose by only 8.6%, after deductingin 2009, when prospects for the development, Zhu
the yuan appreciation, the price increase of -2%."said before, now intensifying world economic crisis
In recent years, China's exports of wood productshad not yet bottomed out, in serious financial crisis in
are 20-40% annual rate of increase, but by thethe world under the impact of downward pressure
financial crisis, last year China's exports of woodon the Chinese economy is very large, it is 30 years
products dropped significantly and the annual exportof China's reform has not the situation occurred.
wood products 21.9 billion U.S. dollars, an increaseHowever, China's economic fundamentals are good,
3.2% over the previous year, of wooden furnitureand most important thing now is to have confidence
exports 167.64 million, down 12.5% over the previousin our country have a very large domestic market
year, exports of 7.18 million cubic meters of plywood,and competent macroeconomic policy, stable financial
also dropped by 18.2%.and banking system, has plenty of money, there are
Wood-based panel of serious excess capacity, thea large number of labor force , there is a certain level
North-South transfer of timber industry was evident.of scientific and technological capacity, which are
Timber to maintain high import prices relatively stable,economically developed internationally do not have,
but the decline in domestic prices, dealer inventoriesso the Chinese market this year will be the first in
are mostly faced with an increased backlog and athe global recovery. This is the timber industry is also
half cut-off cut-off situation. Imports of timberpositive economic side.
dealers in particular the distribution of Africa,