The world’s largest wood producing countries, largest wood exporters and importers are contributing immensely to the global timber industry and wood products industry. According the latest statistics reported by the UN’s FAO, the global production and trade of all major wood-based products recorded their highest ever values in 2018, reflecting a steadily growing demand of timber and wood products in the global market. With this growing momentum set to continue through 2020, the world’s largest wood producing countries, largest wood exporters and importers are expected to witness a stronger increase in their production and trading volumes over the near future.
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Source: FAO
Industrial roundwood:
United States of America (18%); Russian Federation (11%); China (9%); Brazil (8%); Canada (7%); Indonesia (4%); Sweden (3%); Finland (3%); Germany (3%); India (3%).
Wood pellets:
United States of America (20%); Canada (8%); Viet Nam (7%); Germany (6%); Sweden (5%); Russian Federation (5%); Latvia (4%); France (4%); Austria (4%); Estonia (3%); Poland (3%).
Sawnwood:
China (18%); United States of America (17%); Canada (10%); Russian Federation (9%); Germany (5%); Sweden (4%).
Wood fuel:
India (16%); China (8%); Brazil (6%); Ethiopia (6%); Democratic Republic of Congo (4%); United States of America (4%).
Wood-based panels:
China (50%); United States of America (9%); Russian Federation (4%); Germany (3%); Canada (3%); Poland (3%); Brazil (3%).
Pulp for paper:
United States of America (25%); Brazil (11%); China (9%); Canada (8%); Sweden (6%); Finland (6%); Russian Federation (5%); Indonesia (5%); Japan (5%); India (3%); Chile (3%).
Recovered paper:
China (22%); United States of America (21%); Japan (9%); Germany (7%); Republic of Korea (4%); United Kingdom (3%); France (3%).
Paper and paperboard:
China (26%); United States of America (18%); Japan (6%); Germany (6%); India (4%); Indonesia (3%); Republic of Korea (3%), Finland (3%); Brazil (3%).
North America is currently dominate the global timber and wood products industry. This is partly because the continent possesses vast forests, mostly of relatively easily extracted conifers in the US and Canada. Despite Canada has a much larger area of forests, the U.S.A. produces about three times more timber than Canada. Forests cover about 66% of the land area of the US. The US is also home for some of the world’s largest timberlands companies, including Weyerheauser, Rayonier, Sierra Pacific Industries, Potlatch, and Green Diamond Resource. All these advantages make the US the largest wood products producing country in the world.
Canada is the second largest wood products producing country in the world. In Canada, timber and wood products contribute a significant level of the value added to the country’s economy, generating over $17.1 billion in export value. Northern bleached softwood turned into kraft pulp, newsprint pulp, and softwood lumber are the three items that together form 47% of Canada’s forest product exports.
China has grown rapidly over the recent decades to become one do the world’s largest wood producing countries and consumer of forest products, and it has recently overtaken the US in sawnwood production. The country is by far the largest producer and consumer of wood-based panels and paper. With the vast forestry areas and growing concerns for building sustainable timber industry, China’s importance in the global timber and wood products industry is expected to be further strengthened in the near future.
Industrial roundwood:
New Zealand (16%); Russian Federation (14%); United States of America (9%); Czechia (6%); Canada (5%); Germany (4%); Poland (4%); Australia (3%); France (3%); Papua New Guinea (3%); Norway (3%).
Wood pellets:
United States of America (25%); Canada (11%); Viet Nam (10%); Latvia (7%); Russian Federation (6%); Estonia (5%); Austria (3%); Malaysia (3%).
Sawnwood:
Russian Federation (20%); Canada (19%); Sweden (8%); Germany (6%); Finland (6%); United States of America (5%); Austria (4%); Thailand (3%).
Veneer sheets:
Russian Federation (17%); Canada (13%); Viet Nam (11%); China (8%); United States of America (6%); Ukraine (4%); Malaysia (4%); New Zealand (3%); Gabon (3%).
Wood-based panels:
China (16%); Canada (10%); Germany (7%); Russian Federation (6%); Thailand (6%); Malaysia (4%); Brazil (4%); Poland (3%); Belarus (3%); Indonesia (3%); France (3%); Austria (3%); Belgium (3%).
Pulp for paper:
Brazil (24%); Canada (15%); United States of America (11%); Chile (8%); Indonesia (7%); Finland (6%); Sweden (5%); Uruguay (4%); Russian Federation (4%).
Recovered paper:
United States of America (34%); United Kingdom (8%); Japan (7%); Netherlands (5%); Germany (5%); France (4%); Canada (4%); Italy (3%); Belgium (3%).
Paper and paperboard:
Germany (12%); United States of America (10%); Finland (9%); Sweden (8%); Canada (6%); China (4%); Indonesia (4%); Austria (4%); France (3%); Belgium (3%); Italy (3%); Russian Federation (3%); Republic of Korea (3%).
Industrial roundwood:
China (43%); Austria (7%); Sweden (7%); Germany (6%); Finland (5%); Canada (3%); India (3%); Republic of Korea (3%); Belgium (3%).
Wood pellets:
United Kingdom (32%); Denmark (17%); Republic of Korea (16%); Italy (10%); Belgium (5%); Japan (5%).
Sawnwood:
China (25%); United States of America (18%); United Kingdom (5%); Japan (4%); Germany (4%); Italy (3%); Egypt (3%).
Veneer sheets:
China (21%); India (9%); United States of America (8%); Japan (8%); Malaysia (4%); Italy (4%); Spain (3%); Viet Nam (3%).
Wood-based panels:
United States of America (18%); Germany (7%); Japan (4%); Poland (4%); United Kingdom (4%); Republic of Korea (3%); Canada (3%); Italy (3%); France (3%).
Pulp for paper:
China (35%); United States of America (9%); Germany (7%); Italy (6%); Republic of Korea (4%); France (3%); Japan (3%).
Recovered paper:
China (31%); India (12%); Germany (9%); Indonesia (6%); Netherlands (5%); Viet Nam (4%); Austria (3%); Republic of Korea (3%); Mexico (3%); Canada (3%); Thailand (3%).
Paper and paperboard:
Germany (10%); United States of America (8%); China (5%); Italy (5%); United Kingdom (4%); France (4%); Poland (4%); Mexico (4%); Belgium (3%); Spain (3%).
Source: FAOSTAT-Forestry database
China is the wold’s largest timber and wood products importer. With the rapid development of China’s economy, there is a growing demand for timber from industries of construction, papermaking and furniture manufacturing. However, the timber production grows slowly in China as restricted by timber resources and the rising costs of logging. According to the researcher, Russia, the U.S., New Zealand and Canada are four largest sources of China’s timber imports, provided 64% of the total import volume of timber in China annually. In particular, Russia and the U.S. provided about 31% and nearly 10% respectively of the total timber imports.
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