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Forest Products Trade Between Russia & China: Potential Production, Processing, Consumption and Trade Scenarios

By Steven Northway and Gary Q. Bull
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This synthesis report depicts future trends in the forest products1 processing, consumption and trade between China and its main suppliers, with a particular focus on Siberia and the Russian Far East. It is based on the findings of the International Forest and Forest Products (IFFP) trade model analysis completed by
Northway & Bull 2007. The first part of the analysis examines a status quo scenario for forest products supply, processing, consumption and trade, extrapolating to 2030, based on the current trends in China, Eastern Russia, Indonesia and the rest of the world.