The Monthly Data Statistics on Wood and Its Products

1.3.1 The Monthly Data on Industry Related Economic Indicators

l From January to September, the forestry fixed asset investment decreased 4.4% year on year.
l From January to September, the fixed assets investment in wood processing and wood/bamboo product industry decreased 2.3% year on year; the business income was RMB 618.82 billion, up 0.7% year on year; the total profit was RMB 25.64 billion, down 4.4% year on year; the export delivery value was RMB 38.73 billion, down 1.0% year on year.
l From January to September, the fixed assets investment in the furniture manufacture industry increased 3.1% year on year; the business income was RMB 506.79 billion, up 4.4% year on year; the total profit was RMB 30.71 billion, up 18.9% year on year; the export delivery value was RMB 124.31 billion, down 0.6% year on year.
l From January to September, the fixed assets investment in the paper and paper product industry decreased 9.1% year on year; the business income was RMB 977.54 billion, down 3.6% year on year; the total profit was RMB 43.69 billion, down 20.2% year on year; the export delivery value was RMB 44.71 billion, up 3.5% year on year.
l In September, the production of machine-made paper and cardboard was 10.856 million tons, up 6.4% year on year; from January to September, the total production was 92.875 million tons, up 2.5% year on year.
l In September, the newsprint production was 89,000 tons, down 14.4% year on year; from January to September, the total production was 835,000 tons, down 22.2% year on year.
l From January to September, the sales area of the commercial housing was 1191.79 million square meters, down 0.1% year on year; the existing home sales area was 172.16 million square meters, down 20.9% year on year and the sales area of the forward delivery housing was 1019.63 million square meters, up 4.5% year on year. The sales area of commercial residential buildings was 1046.5 million square meters which was 87.81% of the total the commercial housing sales area.
l From January to September, the total investment in real estate was RMB 9800.77 billion, up 10.5% from the same period of last year. The new real estate construction area was 1657.07 million square meters, up 8.6% year on year; the completed area was 467.48 million square meters, down 8.6% year on year.
l From January to September, the commodity retail sales of the furniture, building and decoration materials of the units above designated size reached RMB 139.63 billion and RMB 144.91 billion, up 5.9% and 3.6% respectively year on year.
l In September, China’s large scale building material and home furnishing stores’ sales were RMB 98.14 billion, up 21.57% month on month and up 7.08% year on year. From January to September, the total sales were RMB 725.15 billion, up 4.65% year on year.
l In September, China’s wood and paper pulp producers’ purchase prices decreased by 0.4% month on month, down 4.8% year on year; from January to September, the purchase prices decreased by 2.1% year on year.  
l In September, China’s wood processing producers’ factory prices raised by 0.3% year on year; the artificial wood increased by 1.4% year on year; wooden products decreased by 2.0%; the wooden furniture factory prices increased by 1.4% year on year; the pulp factory prices decreased by 17.4% year on year; paper-making decreased by 11.2% and paper products decreased by 2.6%.

1.3.2 The Monthly Data on the Wood Imported at Different Ports

l In the first three quarters of 2019, 53 "Harbin-Suifenhe-Russia-Asia" trains were delivered from Suifenhe Port, up 71% year on year, with 5666 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 63%; the value of goods was 510 million yuan and the volume was 85,000 tons. The surge in shipment was mainly due to the increasing demand for timber in the south China market. The goods travels by train to Russian ports and then "sails out" to south China ports such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, while some will be shipped to Japan, South Korea and the US.

1.3.3 The Data on the International Wood Market

l In the first 10 months of 2019, Vietnam's forest products exports totaled 9.041 billion USD, up 18.8% year on year. The exports to the United States, Japan, China, the European Union and Korea totaled 7.81 billion USD, accounting for 86.6% of the total. The annual exports of forest products are expected to reach 11 billion USD.
l In the first 10 months of this year, Vietnam realized man-made forest development of 175,000 hectares and timber production of 16.55 million cubic meters, 85% of the annual plan and an increase of nearly 7% year-on-year.
l In the first five months of 2019, China's investment in Vietnam's timber industry totaled more than 50 million USD, 1.7 times that of the same period in 2018. The investment was mainly concentrated in the wood chip production, processing industry service, wood tray production and composite plate products.
l New Zealand timber exports rose 16% year-on-year to 472m NZD in the first half of the year, despite a fall in the price of logs in the international market, thanks to strong demand from the Chinese market.
l The timber production of Sweden is expected to reach 94 million cubic meters this year, the highest level since 2017. Forest area of Sweden is close to 1% of world forest area, 83% is coniferous forest, 12% is mixed forest, and pure hardwood forest covers 5%. About 42% of Sweden forest stock is spruce, 39% is red pine, birch 12% and other hardwood species 7%.