May 16, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. China’s particleboard imports totalled 381,400 tonnes valued at $128 million in 2013, up 8% in volume and 9% in value from 2012. The main suppliers were Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, Belgium and Australia, ITTO reports.

Particleboard exports totalled 169,800 tonnes, valued at $88.36 million in 2013, up 26% in volume and 40% in value respectively from 2012. The average unit price for exported particleboard was $520 per cubic metre, a year on year increase of 11%.

The main markets for China’s particleboard were Russia (43,000 tonnes), Mongolia (25,800 tonnes) and Tadzhikistan (19,200 tonnes).

The main provinces of exporting particle board in 2013 were Shandong (65,200 tonnes), Heilongjiang (25,600 tonnes), Inner Mongolia (25,400 tonnes), Xinjiang (20,900 tonnes), Jiangsu (15,400 tonnes), Guangzhou (6,400 tonnes), Zhejiang (2,600 tonnes), Shanghai (2,000 tonnes), Fujian (1,600 tonnes) and Hubei (1,500 tonnes).