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Particleboard exports to Vietnam and Peru surged 149 China’s wooden furniture exports to the top three countries,
percent and 303 percent respectively from January to the US, UK and Australia at more than US$1 billion accounted
September 2025. for less than 40 percent of the national total in the first three
China has exported particleboard to Asia, Africa and Latin quarters of 2025.
America markets aided by the development of the Belt and China’s wooden furniture exports to Australia, Japan,
Road initiative. South Korea, France and Singapore dropped four percent, five

The demand for lower cost particleboard in Asia, Africa percent, 27 percent, six percent and three percent respectively
and Latin America has increased which drove China's export from January to September 2025.
of particleboard to these countries in recent years. In contrast, China’s wooden furniture exports to UK,
Canada, Germany, Netherlands and Malaysia grew seven
Surge in fibreboard exports to Vietnam percent, 0.1 percent, two percent, 16 percent and 18 percent
China’s fibreboard exports to Vietnam, the largest destination, from January to September 2025.
surged over 120 percent to 501,000 tonnes from January to
September 2025. Russian timber company plans processing plant in
China’s fibreboard exports to Saudi Arabia, Mexico, UAE Shanghai

and Canada rose 10 percent, 24 percent, 26 percent and 20 A major Russian group has signed an agreement with the
percent respectively from January to September 2025. Shanghai Lingang Economic Special Zone under which it
In contrast, China’s fibreboard exports to Nigeria and US plans to build a cluster integrating manufacturing and logistics
fell one percent and nine percent respectively from January within the zone in 2026.
to September 2025. The plan includes a consumer goods packaging factory
China’s fibreboard exports to the vast majority of the top in the special zone as well as a production and distribution
seven markets rose at different rates resulting in an increase centre for birch plywood.

in the total national fibreboard exports. This project aims to expand the Group’s business in China
and other markets in the Asia-Pacific region and to reduce
Decline in wooden furniture exports logistics costs and simplify international payment procedures.
According to Customs data, from January to September 2025 The investor has traditionally exported a significant portion
wooden furniture exports fell seven percent to US$16.69 billion of its products to China. Sales in the Chinese market include
over the same period of 2024. paper, solid wood products and plywood.
The US was the largest market for China’s wooden furniture
exports. 25 percent of China’s wooden furniture was exported
to US from January to September 2025, down 18 percent Freerange Stock

over the same period of 2024.
Due to the impact of the tariffs in the US the total export
value of China’s wooden furniture and the value of wooden
furniture exported to the US fell significantly from January to
September 2025.
China’s wooden furniture is exported to more than 200
countries and furniture destination are scattered. The value of