BC Wood Exports to Emerging Markets including India, Pakistan and Malaysia | FII

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Vietnam

Prior to the economic downturn in 2008-09, Vietnam had emerged as a significant player in the global wood products sector, particularly as a remanufacturing and re-export market for furniture. Following a drop in sales due to the global slowdown, the Vietnamese market is showing signs of an upswing with raw material imports for furniture manufacturing and general construction growing as the furniture and remanufacturing industry rebounds. While B.C. exports of softwood lumber to Vietnam fell by 28 per cent to 14,384 m3 in 2011, recent data indicates that B.C. suppliers are beginning to see signs of a resurgence in Vietnam’s wood products manufacturing sector.

FII is working closely with the B.C. forest products industry to monitor these trends and to identify opportunities and issues for the B.C. forest products sector.

Mongolia

Significant progress was made over the last few years to introduce wood frame construction to Mongolia. Demonstration projects, training for the nascent wood frame construction industry and quality assurance support have been provided by FII and its partners. Building on Mongolia’s adoption of Canada’s wood frame construction code and methods, FII is continuing to assist its national government with implementing a plan to build 96 large Soum Centres to create government and commercial infrastructure in many locations. This is expected to prove the economic and other merits of using B.C. wood products for residential and non-residential construction.

FII will continue to identify and support opportunities for wood frame construction in social housing, community centres and municipal buildings to support the government’s plan to provide modern housing for some three-quarters of a million people, and the anticipated mining boom in Mongolia.

For a list of FII-funded research reports on emerging markets, click here

For an overview of FII’s immediate need housing project in Mongolia, click here.

For access to current monthly export reports for all of FII’s markets of interest, including Australia, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, click here.

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