Along with the development of science and technology, there have been new breakthroughs in timber processing technology and scope of timber utilization. Plywood application is further widened. Particleboard and fibreboard made of branches, twigs, processing residues and other non-wood materials have further raised timber recovery. Wood-based panel production is hence becoming a major component of the wood processing industry.
From both the domestic and international perspectives, the wood-based panel market has always been a major inseparable component of the forest products market. Study, analysis and projected outlook of the development trend of China's wood-based panel market from the past through the present to the future will not only have guiding significance for future production and consumption of wood-based panels in China, but also produce impacts on the world's wood-based panel market and the forest products market at large. Especially, China's production and consumption of plywood will have direct influence on plywood price in the world market.
