Vietnam’s rapidly expanding plantation resources are becoming an important supply source for pulpmills in Japan and China, reports WRQ

Press release – For Immediate Release Seattle, USA. April 2009 Vietnam’s rapidly expanding plantation resources are becoming an important supply source for pulpmills in Japan and China, reports WRQ Vietnam is now one of the most important suppliers of... More

Press release – For Immediate Release Seattle, USA. April 2009 Vietnam’s rapidly expanding plantation resources are becoming an important supply source for pulpmills in Japan and China, reports WRQ Vietnam is now one of the most important suppliers of plantation Eucalyptus and Acacia wood chips to the pulp industry in both Japan and China. The country has expanded shipments gradually over the past six years and is now the world’s fourth largest hardwood chip exporter, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Vietnam has become a major exporter of wood chips in a short period of time. In 2002, the country exported only 150,000 metric tons of wood chips and was a marginal supplier at the time. In 2008, the country became the fourth largest exporter of hardwood chips in the world, with an estimated volume of two million tons being shipped, mainly to Japan and China. The interest from farm households in planting trees has turned around quite dramatically the past decade. In the 1990’s a Less