China’s plywood exports up 67%________________________________________
Moscow.
Apr 16, 2010. . During the first two months of 2010,
China’s
exports of plywood were 938,000 cubic metres, up 67%
on the same period in 2009. Of the total, 173,000
cubic metres went to the United States, up 40,300
cubic metres over the same period of 2009, ITTO
reported.
Plywood exports to the
UK rose sharply in January and February (195%),
Japan’s imports jumped 57%, South Korea increased
imports by 118% and the
United Arab Emirates
imports from China rose 115%.
The main plywood exporters are in
Shandong, from where some 361,000 cubic metres was
exported in the first two months (up 83%); Jiangsu,
311,300 cubic metres (up 58%);
Zhejiang,
62,800 cubic metres (up 61%);
Guangdong,
49,800 cubic metres (up 86%) and
Shanghai,
26,400 cubic metres, up 22%.
Exports of MDF also increased in the first months of 2010. A total
of 226,700 tonnes of MDF were exported during this
period, up 95% year on year. Of the total, MDF
exports to the
USA rose 59%, to Russia by 140%, to Korea by 126%,
to Canada by 187%, to the UAE 120% and to
Saudi Arabia
by 10%.
Exports of MDF mainly came from Jiangsu (146,500
tons), Shandong (17,500 tonnes), Guangdong (12,300
tonnes), Shanghai (10,600 tonnes), Zhejiang (7,600
tonnes) and Guangxi (5,300 tonnes). Exports of
particleboard were only 13,700 tonnes but were still
up 40% over 2009.
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