The Chinese Wood Flooring Industry

Table of Contents

SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY

SUMMARY

• Overview of the Chinese economy
  • China. Real GDP growth, 2002-2007
  • USA, Europe (19 countries) and China. Residential housing starts, 2006-2007
• Chinese wood consumption. Raw materials used by flooring firms
  • China. Log domestic production and imports, 2005-2007
  • China. Imports of logs by country, 2005
  • China. Imports of wood for flooring production, breakdown by type, 2007
  • China. Species used for solid wood flooring, multi-layer flooring support, three-layer flooring support. Breakdown by type, 2007
  • China. Companies buying the veneer they need or buying the logs for veneer slicing, 2007
  • China. Laminated flooring surfaces, 2007
• Chinese wood flooring firms
  • China. Workers of interviewed flooring firms, 2007
• Chinese wood flooring production, export and consumption
  • China. Flooring production by type, production capacity and output
  • China. Wood flooring exports, imports and consumption, 2007
  • China. Destination of exports, breakdown by country, 2007
  • China. Export distribution channels, 2007
• Perceived barriers in the Chinese flooring sector
• Woodworking machinery for flooring production
  • China. Imports and consumption of machinery
• Environmental and quality certification, quality inspection
• Conclusions concerning the Chinese wood flooring market. Challenges to year 2010

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY

• Economic Performance
• Chinese socio-economic development
• Chinese Construction Industry

CHINESE WOOD CONSUMPTION

• Domestic resources
• Log domestic production and import
  • China. Logs: domestic production and imports, 2005-2007
• Wood based panels
  • China. Wood based panels domestic production, 2006-2007
  • Wood-based panels production in the EU-27, Canada, USA, China and Russia, 1996-2006

CHINESE WOOD FLOORING FIRMS

• Overview of Chinese wood flooring firms
• Raw materials used by flooring firms
• 1 Solid wood flooring and engineered wood flooring
  • China. Imports of wood for flooring production, breakdown by type, 2007
  • China. Species used for solid wood flooring, breakdown by type, 2007
  • China. Imports of wood for solid wood flooring, breakdown by country of origin, 2007
  • China. Species used for multi-layer flooring support, breakdown by type, 2007
  • China. Species used for three-layer flooring support, breakdown by type, 2007
• 2 Laminated flooring
  • China. Companies buying veneer or buying logs for veneer slicing, 2007
  • China. Laminated flooring surfaces, 2007

CHINESE WOOD FLOORING PRODUCTION

• China. Flooring production, breakdown by type, 2003-2007
• Solid wood flooring
  • China. Flooring production capacity and output
• Engineered wood flooring
  • China. Solid wood flooring production capacity and output
  • China. Engineered flooring production capacity and output
• Laminated flooring
• Bamboo flooring
  • China. Laminated flooring production capacity and output

CHINESE WOOD FLOORING EXPORT

• China. Chinese wood flooring exports, 2007
• China. Export destinations, breakdown by country, 2007
• China. Export destinations, breakdown of sales made to Asian countries, 2007
• Export channels of distribution
  • China. Export destinations, breakdown of sales made to European countries, 2007
  • China. Export distribution channels, 2007
  • China. Reply to the question: are you interested in finding a sales agent in new export countries?, 2007
• Export taxation
  • China. History of Recent Forest Product Trade Policy Changes in China, 2006

CHINESE WOOD FLOORING IMPORTS

• China. Import tariffs, 2005. Percentage of CIF (Cost Insurance Freight) prices

CHINESE WOOD FLOORING CONSUMPTION

• Main flooring products used worldwide, 2004
• Main flooring products used in China, 2004 of square meters
• China. Wood flooring consumption in China, 2007

PERCEIVED BARRIERS IN THE CHINESE FLOORING SECTOR

• China. Barriers to Chinese flooring exports, breakdown by types, 2007
• China. Companies believing that anti-dumping actions against China will affect their business, 2007
• Barriers that foreign companies might face in China

WOODWORKING MACHINERY FOR FLOORING PRODUCTION

• China. Age of machinery, 2007
• China. Exports and imports of woodworking machinery by country and geographical area, 2002 - 2007
• China. Chinese consumption of woodworking machinery, 2007

ENVIRONMENT, CERTIFICATION, QUALITY INSPECTION

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF CHINESE WOOD FLOORING FIRMS

APPENDIX 1 - SOME OF THE MAIN CHINESE WOOD FLOORING PRODUCERS

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

All Csil reports are based on Csil' s original research, undertaken by Csil' s team of in-house researchers. Sources include: personal and telephone interviews, trade magazines, trade associations, company annual reports, product brochures, directories, Csil' s databases, official statistical sources.