The current situation of China's Wood Industry under the surge of logs!

Since this year, affected by the international epidemic, many materials such as wood, sponge, chemical coating raw materials, iron, and even cartons have been subject to rising prices. The prices of some raw materials have even doubled, and the products purchased by consumers have also experienced price increases to varying degrees. The whole industrial chain has suffered from price increases.

In particular, logs, solid wood and other materials have always been imported products that China relies on. However, with the continuous adjustment of policies, the import and export timber prices and freight costs are rising, which brings great pressure to the domestic manufacturing industry.

In this case, the first to bear the brunt must be domestic woodwork, furniture and flooring enterprises. Industry insiders estimate that the price of some wood products will increase by 30% or even double when they reach the consumer terminal, so as to maintain the original operating profit of the enterprise.

With the promotion of China's environmental protection strategy, China's timber output has been showing a downward trend. According to the data collected by Sohu Focus home, the timber output in 2013 was 84.385 million cubic meters. It is expected that China's timber output will decline to 58.598 million square meters by 2023.

According to the data statistics of 2016, the consumption of other timber such as capital construction, decoration and farmers' house building in China is about 8 million cubic meters, accounting for about 1.31% of the national timber consumption, and the rest is industrial timber consumption.

In industrial wood consumption, the paper industry accounts for * *, accounting for more than 60%; Other wood-based panels, solid wood flooring and wood furniture manufacturing also belong to industrial wood consumption, which requires about 207.2 million cubic meters per year, accounting for about 34.45%.

With the development of the industry, the demand of wood market will continue to grow. It is predicted that by 2020, China's wood demand will reach 800 million cubic meters, with a gap of about 200 million cubic meters. The gap accounts for about 25% of the total demand. It can be said that the paper industry and household industry are very dependent on the import of wood raw materials.

However, according to the statistical data of the first half of 2020, the number of imported logs + sawn timber (log volume) was 47.8276 million cubic meters, a year-on-year decrease of 15.1%; The import value was USD 7.218 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 24.3%, and the average unit price was USD 151 / m3, a decrease of 10.9%.

Timber imports from Africa, Latin America and the United States decreased by about 30%, and Canada, the fastest declining country, decreased by 46%. In this case, household enterprises, especially plate and floor enterprises, are under great pressure in terms of materials.

In addition to the import problem, there is also a rise in prices. It is understood that since this year, the price of solid wood has increased twice, the price of sponge has increased seven times, the price of cartons has increased five times, the price of iron has increased three times, and the price of accessories has increased two times. After the sponge enterprise issued the price increase notice, the price of sponge has increased by more than 70%, and the price of leather has also increased one after another. A wave of price rise of raw materials was performed again in September.

Nearly 80% of the wood used in the household industry depends on imports. At present, affected by the epidemic, major foreign ports are closed; Coupled with the impact of domestic cost increase, supply gap and environmental storm, since September, wood prices have risen continuously and comprehensively on a large scale.

According to the industry analysis, according to the current global economic situation, if the inventory is digested, it will be more and more difficult to import wood from Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, the United States and other places, and the cost will be higher and higher. The labor cost, processing cost, logistics and other expenses are superimposed. It is expected that the increase of wood products will be more than 30%, and it may even double.

In particular, the domestic manufacturing industry is in the current situation of "two ends abroad, large in and large out". Among them, the production and processing links of value-added * * are also plagued by the epidemic situation and the increase of labor costs. According to Sohu Focus home, many plate and floor enterprises plant woodlands at home and abroad to obtain wood with stable quality and supply.

Other furniture enterprises often go to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries to set up factories in order to improve the overseas layout, which virtually increases the test of enterprise operating costs and layout.