YE Ke-lin, XIONG Man-zhen. Features and Trends of the Forest Products Trade between China and USA. [J]. China Wood Industry 23(1):7-10(2009) DOI: 10.19455/j.mcgy.2009.01.003.
Features and Trends of the Forest Products Trade between China and USA
The authors analyzed the forest resources,market needs,and features of forest product industries in both of China and the USA and made a comparative analysis on the forest products trade between the two countries over the past 10 years. It was observed that China and the USA are important trade partners in forest products as well as with many other goods and services. An important conclusion was that there are comparative advantages in forestry between the two countries that are extremely complementary. The future trend is that China will continue to export low to middle end products to the USA and,in return,import primarily logs and lumber to meet China’s needs. Suggestions to promote a healthy forest products trade between the two countries were also given.