8.1. Trade Flows to the six major Importing Countries
8.2. Trade Flows from the six major Exporting Countries
Forecasting future levels of demand for the various types of wood based panels is already a difficult exercise, but in Table 66 we have attempted to forecast the level of import dependency in the six major Importing Countries of the region in 2010.
The Outlook Study predicts that Japan will be 55% dependant on total panel imports in 2010 amounting to nearly 12.7 million m³ of wood based panels per year, of which 10 million will be plywood & veneer, 1 million m³ will be MDF, another 1 million m³ will be OSB and LVL and 0.5 million m³ will be particleboard.
The Study also predicts that China will be 27% dependant upon imports in 2010, requiring a total volume of 10.5 million m³ of wood based panels a year, of which 4.7 million m³ will be plywood & veneer, 3.3 million m³ will be particleboard, 2.2 million m³ will be MDF, 0.4 million m³ will be other fibreboards and 0.7 million m³ will be OSB and LVL.
Republic of Korea will be 50% import dependant, requiring 4.0 million m³ of wood based panels per year, of which 2.8 million m³ will be plywood & veneer, 0.5 million m³ will be particleboard and another 0.5 million m³ will be MDF.
Taiwan Province of China will be 91% dependant on wood based panel imports by 2010 with a total requirement of 3.5 million m³, of which 1.8 million m³ will be plywood & veneer, 1.0 million m³ will be MDF and 0.7 million m³ will be particleboard.
The China, Hong Kong SAR figures will be included in the statistics for China, and Singapore's continued existence as an importer and exporter of wood products may have been overtaken by the development of newer 'High-tech' manufacturing and trading trends.
Table 1 - FAO Asia Pacific Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - 1990-1995
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Table 57 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - Major Importers
Table 58 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - Major Exporters
Table 59 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - MDF Capacity (M³/Year)
Table 60 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - MDF Capacity (M³/Year)
Table 61 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - MDF Capacity (M³/Year)
Table 62 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - Particleboard Capacity (m³/Year)
Table 63 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - Particleboard Capacity (M³/Year)
Table 64 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - MDF Capacity (M³/Year)
Table 65 - FAO Outlook Study On Wood Based Panels - Particleboard Capacity (M³/Year)
Table 66 - Forecast WBP Trade Balance For Six Major Importers - 2010
Table 67 - Forecast WBP Trade Balance For Six Major Importers - 2010
In Table 67, we have attempted to forecast the possible levels of production, consumption and available exports from the six major, timber surplus, exporting countries of the Asia Pacific region in the year 2010.
Indonesia, despite a dramatic increase in domestic consumption, should still have an exportable surplus availability of 9 million m³ in 2010, of which 6.5 million m³ could be plywood & veneer, 1.2 million m³ could be MDF, 0.8 million m³ could be particleboard and 0.5 million m³ could be OSB and LVL.
Malaysia will also have increased its domestic consumption levels, but could have an exportable surplus of 6.9 million m³ of wood based panels, including 2.5 million m³ of plywood & veneer, 2.4 million m³ of Particleboard, 1.6 million m³ of MDF and 0.5 million m³ of OSB and LVL.
Thailand, despite a shortage of large diameter hardwood logs, could also be a major exporter of wood based panels, totalling 3.1 million m³ in 2010, of which 1.7 million m³ could be particleboard, 0.8 million m³ could be MDF and 0.7 million m³ could be OSB.
New Zealand, with an abundant and growing resource of Radiata Pine, will increase its role as an exporter of high quality panels, and by 2010 it could be exporting a total of 1.2 million m³ of panels, including 600,000 m³ of MDF, 230,000 of plywood, 150,000 m³ of particleboard and 150,000 m³ of OSB and Triboard.
Australia is also a significant potential exporter of wood based panels to the region, with a possible surplus of 660,000 m³ of MDF by 2010, plus 100,000 m³ of particleboard and 80,000 m³ of OSB or LVL.
