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gradual reduction in product quality gaps and a decrease in 482311, 482360, and 482190 was between 0.4 and 0.5.
available profts. Meanwhile, the average quality value of the products with
Subsequently, in order to maintain their competitive codes 482320, 481840, 480810, 481830, and 480260 was
advantage, high-productivity enterprises further researched and between 0.35 and 0.4, that value with the codes 481390,
innovated, eventually producing high-quality new products to 481190, 481920, 482010, 480570, 482030, 482370, 481910,
gradually expand product quality differences within the industry. 481890, 481940, 482390, and 481950 was lower than 0.35,

This trend aligned with the product life cycle, as the products which was lower than the overall export quality level of
undergo a new round of innovation and the establishment of paper and paperboard, but they counted for 52.17 percent
new competitive advantages. of export value.
The product quality of each HS code is specifcally Among them, the product quality level with the code
analysed as follows. 481950 was the lowest, with an average quality value of
From 1998 to 2017, in terms of the quality level of each 0.180 and an export value of 1.84 percent of the total export
six-digit sub-category of wood-based panels, the product of paper products.
quality level and export value under code 441214 in plywood The export trade share with codes 482010 and 481940 was
accounted for the highest share, with an average export value relatively high, 13.58 percent and 11.18 percent, respectively,

proportion of 26.86 percent per year, and the quality level in while their quality level was not high, with average quality
recent years declined slightly, with an average quality value values of 0.302 and 0.245, respectively.
of 0.788. From the view of the quality level of each sub-category
Furthermore, the product quality level and export value of wood furniture, the export share with the code of 940360,
under codes 441213, 441119, and 441219 were in the middle, namely non-kitchen, offce, and bedroom wood furniture, was
with an average stable quality value between 0.5 and 0.6. The the highest, reaching 44.34 percent; however, the quality level
product quality level under codes 440890, 441019, 441129, was the lowest, with an average quality value of 0.184.

and 441299 was low, with an average value of 0.3 to 0.5, The quality level of the product with the code 940330, i.e.,
but the quality level was on the rise. offce furniture (wooden), was the highest, with an average
Among them, the product quality level under code 441299 quality value of 0.702; however, its export value proportion
was the lowest, with an average quality value of 0.319, while was lower, accounting for only 4.26 percent of the total export
it had a relatively high export share of 13.84 percent. value. The quality level of the rest of the wood furniture was
From the perspective of the quality level of each sub-category not high, with a value between 0.2 and 0.3.
of paper products, newsprint with code of 480100 showed
the highest quality, with an average quality value of 0.718,
while its share accounted for a lower rate of 0.77 percent. rawpixel.com

The quality level of paper and paperboard with codes 482050,
480529, and 481960 was higher, with an average value of 0.6
to 0.7. The average quality value of the products with codes
481139, 481121, 482090, 481032, 480300, 480580, 481011,
481420, 481810, 481029, 481820, and 48113 was between
0.5 and 0.6, that value with codes 481091, 481710, 482020,
481690, 480560, 480252, 480920, 482110, 481620, 480439,