| Mixed Fortunes for Beech Imports Between
January and August 2002 China imported 450,700 cubic metres of Beech logs, a year-on-year
decline of about 18%. On the other hand, Beech sawnwood imports rose slightly to 274,400
cubic metres, an increase of around 8% compared to the same period last year ( 254,500
cubic metres).
China still imports Beech from Germany and France. In the first eight months of this
year China had imported 337,500 cubic metres of logs from Germany, accounting for almost
75% of total Beech imports. In the same period about 50% of Beech sawnwood imports came
from Germany (126100 cubic metres.
Sino-Russia Timber Investment Workshop
Winrock International Inc. and the China Wood International Web, will sponsor a
Sino-Russia Timber Trade & Investment Workshop to be held in Beijing, November 17-19.
The sponsors say that experts and entrepreneurs who know the Russian and Chinese timber
industries and trade will converge for this meeting. Participants are expected from the
USA, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Russia and China. The purpose of this meeting is to promote
investment cooperation and trade and the development of log processing,, wooden products
production and furniture and wood-based panel joint investment between China and Russia. |
