| China Major MDF Manufacturer There are 236 MDF
manufacturing plants and 289 production lines in China and China's annual production
capacity was 7.94 million cubic metres at the end of June 2001. At this level of capacity
China has become a leading manufacturer MDF.
The MDF manufacturing enterprises are scattered over 28 provinces nationwide,
especially concentrated in East China where the economy is relatively developed. It is
expected that the in the near future the growth in production capacity will tend to slow
down but that output will remain stable. It is further expected that many plants will be
transformed from middle to small enterprises to larger plants and that product development
will develop towards production of a wide range of product types to suit many end-uses.
Popular Dark Colour Floors
Starting this year consumers have been showing interest in using dark colour solid
floors when they decorate their houses. This trend is particularly evident in southern
provinces of China but the trend seems to be gradually spreading from the developed
coastal cities to inland cities. Among dark colour floor, red sandalwood reportedly sells
well for its good performance in terms of moisture and fungal resistance, furthermore, it
is attractive, functional and moderately priced.
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