recently, according to a new study reports that, China's timber import demand will double in one year. This is the view of the large demand for housing construction in cities of China, Canada exports to the China's total timber exports, is expected to double within the next five years, British Columbia, and Canada mainly wood skewer, output quantity of wood more new high last year, reaching 4.6 million cubic meters (29 billion board feet).
The headquarters in the United States made on RISI research company of survey, China's demand for timber, wood, plywood and other wood, from now to 2015 annual growth is expected to 9%.
RISI international wood markets research company transfer inquiry Commissioner Flynn (Robert Flynn): “ in fact, our estimation is very conservative, we are confident that Canada's timber exports to China over the next 5 years can easily be doubled. ” He also pointed out that Canadian exports to China last year's total timber exports reach 9.4 million cubic metres is expected by 2015 will increase in this number to 19 million cubic metres. Flynn said that Canadian import timber market share in China, currently about 50%, but given the Canadian wood resource-rich, market development is still very optimistic for the future.
Pat Bell, Director of the British Columbia employment, tourism and innovation (Pat Bell) recently said that China in the next two years, may replace the United States as the British Columbia's largest export market for wood. In 2003, British Columbia exports to China total only 232 million board feet of wood, or about one-thirteenth last year.
