According to the latest statistics from the State Forestry Administration, the value of China's 2014 international trade in wood products rose 8.4% to US$140 billion.

While this was a record high the rate of growth in trade fell by around 1% compared to  2013. Of the total, the value of imports rose 16% to US$67.8 billion and the value of exports also grew by 16% to US$72.2.

Wood pulp, logs, sawnwood, waste paper, paper, paperboard and paper products andwood chips imports dominated the trade accounting for 95% of the value of wooden product imports in 2014.

The value of wooden furniture, paper, paperboard and paper products, plywood and other wood products exports accounted for 89% of the value of all wood products exports in 2014.

Wood pulp imports in 2014

 Wood pulp remained the leading imported wood product in 2014. Wood pulp imports were 17.96 million tonnes valued at US$12.1 billion, up 6.6% in volume and 6.1% in value from 2013.

China mainly imported wood pulp from the US (23%), Canada (16%) and Brazil (12%). The top 10 suppliers are shown in the third diagram.

Wood chip imports in 2014

Wood chips imports in 2014 were 8.86 million tonnes valued at US$1.54 billion, down 6% in tonnage and down 22% in value from 2013.

China imported wood chips mainly from Vietnam (45%), Australia (24%), Indonesia (14%) and Thailand (12%). 95% of China's wood chips imports were from these four supply countries.

Wooden furniture exports in 2014

The value of wooden furniture exports in 2014 rose 14% to US$22.1 billion, accounting for 41% of the national total value of forest product exports and continued to be the number one export wood product.

 The main export markets were the USA (32%), Japan (7%), UK (6%) and Germany (5%). The top 10 markets for China's wooden furniture exports are shown below. The main ports handling wooden furniture exports were Shenzhen (29%), Shanghai (21%), Fuzhou (10%), Ningbo (9%), Qingdao (8%) and Xiamen (7%).