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ChINA’S ExPORT GROWTh AND WOOD

PRODUCTS QUALITY

The rapid-developed scale of China’s trade in wood forest products has undergone a considerable
uptick. Factors infuencing the quality of China’s wood product exports are examined using BACI
data spanning from 1998 top 2017, showing that total factor productivity, R&D investment, capital
intensity, labour costs and foreign direct investment each has a part to play. By Wan Lu, Fu
Yizhong and Yuan Luyao, Beijing Forestry University, and Ban Nannan, Dongbei University of
Finance and Economics

hina is the world’s top exporter of wood forest in other countries, which have increased production costs,
products. From its development history, the export reduced the international competitiveness of wood forest
Cgrowth of wood forest products used to be mainly products, and impeded the further development of wood
driven by price advantage, while with the rise of labour costs forest product trade.
in China, this competitive advantage was gradually weakened. Consequently, the forest products manufacturing industry

At the same time, China’s exports of wood forest in China needs to shift from high-speed development to high-
products have been frequently hindered by anti-dumping and quality development. The Ministry of Commerce’s 14th Five-Year
countervailing investigations and other types of trade barriers Plan for High-quality Development of Foreign Trade proposed

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