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Table 9 -Land Area for Forestry by Province - Unit: 1000ha

Province


Forested land

Open forest

Shrub

New planting

Nursery

Non-forest land

Total land for forestry

Total forested land

Subtotal

Forest stands

Economic forest


Bamboo forest


Total

Bare land suitable for forest

Cutover site

Burnt forest

Desert land suitable for forest

Timber forest

Protection forest

Fuel-wood forest

Special forest

Total*

256,774.0

128,527.8

108,638.2

84,928.6

16,072.9

4,288.6

3,348.1

16,098.8

3,790.8

18,025.7

29,706.3

7,138.3

114.9

73,261.0

63,025.3

2,756.8

912.8

6,566.1

Beijing

919.5

267.1

145.5

41.4

80.3

7.4

16.4

121.6

0.0

35.2

209.4

22.9

4.5

380.1

363.3

2.0

0.4

14.7

Tianjing

141.0

85.8

45.7

1.6

40.9

0.0

3.2

40.1

0.0

1.2

4.8

9.6

2.4

37.2

19.2

0.4

0.8

16.8

Hebei

5,660.4

2,480.6

1,525.0

968.6

342.7

201.0

12.7

955.6

0.0

292.0

230.0

123.0

7.3

2,527.5

2,413.6

48.5

0.0

65.4

Shannxi

6,543.9

1,270.0

1,096.8

828.2

245.4

10.4

12.8

172.4

0.8

450.6

797.1

106.6

19.2

3,900.4

3825.1

28.8

2.4

44.1

Inner mongolia

32,140.6

14,065.7

13,199.6

11,781.2

500.2

222.9

695.3

866.1

0.0

1,100.7

2,124.2

421.2

12.5

14,416.3

10,436.7

270.1

106.8

3,602.7

Liaoning

5,462.0

3,918.6

2,712.7

1,741.2

509.3

406.3

55.9

1,205.9

0.0

266.3

71.5

165.8

6.2

1,033.6

925.9

38.4

0.0

69.3

Jilin

8,191.7

6,346.9

6,304.6

5,255.2

749.9

23.6

275.9

42.3

0.0

432.9

35.9

200.4

4.3

1,171.3

936.4

226.7

2.1

6.1

Heilongjiang

21,959.3

16,162.0

16,108.6

15,065.3

403.0

77.7

562.6

53.4

0.0

1,210.5

153.4

739.8

10.4

3,683.2

2,435.6

781.2

431.2

35.2

Shanghai

15.6

14.7

3.1

0.0

2.6

0.0

0.5

9.3

2.3

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Jiangsu

632.6

412.2

229.4

140.6

70.6

10.6

7.6

160.8

22.0

19.2

6.4

18.4

4.2

172.2

156.6

11.0

0.2

4.4

Zhejiang

6,156.9

4,375.9

2,960.0

2,824.7

74.9

31.4

29.0

906.1

509.8

492.9

285.3

106.3

0.0

896.5

836.1

36.2

24.2

0.0

Anhui

4,383.5

2,256.1

1,642.2

1.465.9

119.5

42.6

14.2

410.5

203.4

302.8

145.8

121.8

5.9

1,551.1

1,442.2

28.4

9.5

71.0

Fujian

8,934.0

6,148.4

4,676.3

4,058.1

310.3

245.3

62.6

791.4

680.7

555.6

216.6

695.2

0.0

1,318.2

1.128.2

113.0

67.4

9.6

Jiangxi

10,483.4

6,727.7

5,045.7

4,148.8

255.8

610.7

30.4

1,130.4

551.6

1,165.5

105.6

561.2

0.0

1,923.4

1,811.4

64.0

28.8

19.2

Shandong

2,593.6

1,628.8

641.6

160.0

440.0

38.4

3.2

987.2

0.0

192.0

16.0

113.6

6.4

636.8

571.2

28.8

4.8

32.0

Henan

3,801.2

1,752.7

1310.5

834.5

313.1

132.3

30.6

429.3

129

278.3

184.0

75.8

8.0

1,502.4

1,413.8

24.1

3.2

61.3

Hubei

7551.3

3,952.2

3,330.3

2,517.1

335.4

428.9

48.9

500.9

121.0

437.0

930.1

146.0

1.0

2,085.0

1,988.8

63.2

8.0

25.0

Hunan

11,666.1

6,949.0

4,175.8

3,695.5

195.3

249.8

35.2

2,267.2

506.0

823.0

807.1

464.3

0.0

2,622.7

2,446.6

124.9

38.4

12.8

Guangdong

10,347.0

6,543.1

5,319.9

4,792.2

220.7

283.0

24.0

868.2

355.0

508.5

906.3

1,405.6

0.0

983.5

834.7

91.2

48.0

9.6

Guangxi

13,195.7

6,021.7

4,792.4

3,788.7

859.6

129.7

14.4

989.2

240.1

547.4

677.1

513.8

0.0

5,435.7

5,037.2

360.1

38.4

0.0

Hainan

1,725.9

1,066.3

605.7

415.0

139.1

8.4

43.2

449.8

10.8

62.4

121.0

16.8

0.0

459.4

393.4

24.0

8.4

33.6

Sichuan

26,722.0

11,531.8

10,346.4

6,709.0

3,464.1

12.9

160.4

839.8

345.6

2,740.1

7,909.4

234.1

6.5

4,300.1

4,099.0

129.6

39.4

32.1

Guizhou

7,398.8

2,602.8

2,195.1

1,629.1

271.8

219.0

75.2

348.5

59.2

844.1

625.0

145.5

0.0

3,181.4

3,120.6

35.2

19.2

6.4

Yunnan

24,359.7

9,404.2

8,602.8

5,719.2

1,799.2

451.0

633.4

676.6

124.8

3,161.9

4,064.0

283.1

0.0

7,446.5

7,264.2

163.1

19.2

0.0

Tibetan

8,402.0

3,963.7

3,962.7

2,624.3

1,309.4

7.2

21.8

1.0

0.0

249.3

3,982.9

2.7

0.3

203.1

153.4

0.0

3.2

46.5

Shanxi

12,125.0

4.973.5

4,337.0

2,683.4

1,132.2

431.8

89.6

591.7

44.8

367.8

1,020.1

140.7

3.2

5,619.7

4,669.7

28.8

3.2

918.0

Gansu

7,270.3

1,948.6

1,744.2

802.0

715.2

3.6

223.4

204.4

0.0

400.6

1,718.7

171.7

8.0

3,022.7

1,954.1

14.6

2.4

1,051.6

Qinghai

2,875.4

250.1

246.5

33.2

210.9

0.0

2.4

3.6

0.0

115.8

1,600.0

48.0

0.8

860.7

762.8

2.8

2.0

93.1

Ningxia

1,027.3

102.0

83.2

12.0

38.8

0.0

32.4

18.8

0.0

46.4

122.2

35.6

1.6

719.5

457.6

6.4

0.0

255.5

Xinjiang

4,088.3

1,305.6

1,248.9

192.6

922.7

2.7

130.9

56.7

0.0

925.7

636.3

48.8

1.4

1,170.5

1127.9

11.3

1.2

30.1

Three provinces in northeast and Inner mongolia

62,291.6

36,574.6

35,612.8

32,101.7

1,653.1

324.2

1,533.8

961.8

0.0

2,744.1

2,313.5

1,361.4

27.2

19,270.8

13,808.7

1,278.0

540.1

3,644.0

Sichuan and Yunnan

51,081.7

20,936.0

18,949.2

12.428.2

5,263.3

463.9

793.8

1,516.4

470.4

5,902.0

11,973.4

517.2

6.5

11,746.6

11,363.2

292.7

58.6

32.1

Collective forests in ten southern provinces

81,842.6

46,643.2

34,743.4

29.335.1

2.782.4

2,248.8

377.1

8,662.2

3,237.6

5,739.2

4,819.9

4,176.5

6.9

20,456.9

19,039.2

940.2

290.3

187.2

Note: Data provided by the department of forest resource and forest policy, Ministry of forestry 10 reports 133,703,500 but this includes Taiwan Province and the are of Tibet control line

Source : APFSOS/WP/14 1-1

Table 10 - China - Forest Resources - Unit : 1000 ha, 1000 m3

Statistic range

Total area

Area of land for forest

Forest growing stock

Forest land area

Forest coverage

Percentage of land for forestry in total land area

Percentage of forest land in tile total land for forest

Per capita

Total

Wood land area and stock

Area of economic forest

Area of bamboo forest

Area of forest land

Forest growing stock

Area

Stock

Sum of wood land

m3/ha

Coniferous forest

m3/ha

Broad-leaved forest

Area

Stock

Area

Stock

Area

Stock

m3/ha

National

960,271.6

262,888.5

11,785,239.3

133,703.5

10,136,753.2

113,700.0

10,136,753.2

8.9

57,096.3

5,700,609.1

10.0

56,603.7

4,436,144.1

7.8

16,098.8

3,904.7

13.92

27.4

50.9

0.114

8.622

Beijing

1,782.1

919,5

9,110.3

267.1

4,462.6

145.5

4,462.6

3.1

43.4

843.7

1.9

102.1

3,6189

3.5

121.6

0.0

14.99

51.6

29

0.024

0.405

Tianjing

1,149.3

141.0

2,480.5

85.8

1,586.6

45.7

1,586.6

3.5

4.1

44.5

1.1

41.6

1,542.1

3.7

40.1

0.0

7.47

12.3

60.9

0.009

0.172

Hebei

18,587.9

5,660.4

76,428.7

2,480.6

52,442.3

1,525.0

52,412.3

3.4

386.1

11,813.6

3.1

1,138.9

40,628.7

3.6

955.6

0.0

13.35

30.5

43.8

0.04

0.836

Shannxi

15,662.3

6,543.9

72,268.7

1,270.0

44,818.8

1,096.8

44,818.8

4.1

455.1

21,392.5

4.7

641.7

23,426.3

3.7

172.4

0.8

8.11

41.8

19.4

0.043

1.504

Inner mongolia

115,840.2

32,140.6

1,123,892.8

14,065.7

896,759.3

13,199.6

896,759.3

6.8

4,780.6

440,881.2

9.2

8,419.0

455,878.1

5.4

866.1

0.0

12.14

27.7

43.8

0.637

40.63

Liaoning

14,573.9

5,462.0

152,274.7

3,918.6

135,180.4

2,712.7

135,180.4

5.0

822.7

36,794.8

4.5

1,890.0

98,385.6

5.2

1,205.9

0.0

26.89

37.5

71.7

0.098

3.366

Jilin

18,886.9

8,191.7

780,978.7

6,346.9

758,341.8

6,304.6

759,341.8

12.0

1,474.1

198,226.9

13.4

4,830.2

560,114.9

11.6

42.3

0.0

33.6

43.4

77.5

0.251

29.95

Heilongjiang

45,460.8

21,959.3

1,571,601.7

16,162.0

1,347,588.7

16,108.6

1,347,588.7

8.4

5,860.6

599,601.0

10.2

10,248.0

747.987.7

7.3

53.4

0.0

35.55

48.3

73.6

0.448

37.35

Shanghai

595.6

15.6

1,173.3

14.7

106.2

3.1

106.2

3.4

2.9

88.6

3.1

0.2

17.6

8.8

9.3

2.3

2.47

2.6

94.2

0.001

0.008

Jiangsu

10,260.0

632.6

34,505.0

412.2

8,124.9

229.4

8,124.9

3.5

138.6

4.024.3

2.9

90.8

4,100.6

4.5

160.8

22.0

4.02

6.2

65.2

0.006

0.118

Zhejiang

10,180.0

6,156.9

112,456.5

4,375.9

94,613.9

2,960.0

94,613.9

3.2

2,576.2

72,531.9

2.8

383.8

22,082.0

5.8

906.1

509.8

42.99

60.5

71.1

0.103

2.234

Anhui

13,816.5

4,383.5

90,159.4

2,256.1

62,509.8

1,642.2

62,509.8

3.8

932.1

29,478.5

3.2

710.1

33,031.3

4.7

410.5

203.4

16.33

31.7

51.5

0.039

1.071

Fujian

12,150.0

8,934.0

394,652.0

6,148.4

321,688.9

4,676.3

321,688.9

6.9

3,214.6

175,739.5

5.5

1,461.7

145,949.4

10.0

791.4

680.7

50.6

73.5

68.8

0.197

10.32

Jiangxi

16,672.3

10,483.4

245,909.9

6,727.7

180,893.3

5,045.7

180,893.3

3.6

3,681.5

92,457.7

2.5

1,364.2

88,435.6

6.5

1,130.4

551.6

40.35

62.9

64.2

0.172

4.623

Shandong

15,222.1

2,593.6

61,864.9

1,628.8

15,002.8

641.6

15,002.8

2.3

276.8

3,595.2

1.3

364.8

11,407.0

3.1

987.2

0.0

10.7

17

62.8

0.019

0.174

Henan

16,700.0

3,801.2

117,486.4

1,752.7

48,189.1

1,310.5

48,189.1

3.7

315.1

9,330.9

3.0

995.4

38,858.2

3.9

429.3

12.9

10.5

22.8

46.1

0.02

0.544

Hubei

18,586.2

7,551.3

138,613.1

3,952.2

119,569.6

3,330.3

119,569.6

3.6

1,884.9

58,232.3

3.1

1,445.4

61,337.3

4.2

500.9

121.0

21.26

40.6

52.3

0.071

2.143

Hunan

21,183.5

11,666.1

194,467.4

6,949.0

151,478.3

4,175.8

151,478.3

3.6

3,385.3

101,935.3

3.0

790.5

49,543.0

6.3

2,267.2

506.0

32.8

55.1

59.6

0.111

2.417

Guangdong

17,790.1

10,347.0

192,880.9

6,543.1

162,181.7

5,319.9

162,481.7

3.1

3,631.1

87,261.8

2.4

1,688.8

75,219.9

4.5

868.2

355.0

36.78

58.2

63.2

0.1

2.49

Guangxi

23,760.0

13,195.7

255,240.0

6,021.7

213,592.3

4,792.4

213,592.3

4.5

2,425.4

92,466.2

3.8

2,367.0

121,126.1

5.1

989.2

240.1

25.34

55.5

45.6

0.137

4.877

Hainan

3,410.4

1,725.9

64,464.1

1,066.3

56,955.6

605.7

56,955.6

9.4

19.2

462.9

2.4

586.5

56,492.7

9.6

449.8

10.8

31.27

50.6

61.8

0.155

8.303

Sichuan

56,607.9

26,722.0

1,456,437.8

11.531.8

1,305,310.9

10,346.4

1,305,310.9

12.6

7,254.9

1,042,959.5

14.4

3,091.5

262,351.4

8.5

839.8

345.6

20.37

47.2

43.2

0.105

11.87

Guizhou

17,617.1

7,398.8

137,779.4

2,602.8

93,911.8

2,195.1

93,911.8

4.3

1,302.6

44,213.1

3.4

892.5

49,698.7

5.6

348.5

59.2

14.75

41.9

35.2

0.077

2.794

Yunnan

38,264.4

24,359.7

1,366,406.1

9,404.2

1,105,281.8

8,602.8

1,105,281.8

12.8

4,225.9

474,219.3

11.2

4,376.9

631,062.5

14.4

676.6

124.8

24.58

63.7

38.6

0.245

28.84

Tibetan

122,843.6

12,547.0

2,084,801.5

7,169.9

2,053,798.5

7,168.9

2,053,798.5

28.6

5,378.7

1,687,495.3

31.4

1,790.2

366,303.2

20.5

1.0

0.0

5.84

10.2

57.1

3.145

900.8

Shanxi

20,597.7

12,125.0

320,563.4

4.973.5

279,182.5

4,337.0

279,182.5

6.4

718.9

37,551.8

5.2

3,618.1

241,630.7

6.7

591.7

44.8

24.15

58.9

41

0.146

8.199

Gansu

44,973.4

7,270.3

192,426.3

1,948.6

165,003.0

1,741.2

165,003.0

9.5

517.1

84.640.6

16.4

1,227.1

80,362.4

6.5

204.4

0.0

4.33

16.2

26.8

0.084

7.131

Qinghai

72,151.4

2,875.4

36,872.9

250.1

29,599.7

246.5

29,599.7

12.0

174.1

25,123.5

14.4

72.4

4,476.2

6.2

3.6

0.0

0.35

4

8.7

0.054

6.421

Ningxia

6,640.0

1,027.3

7,780.9

102.0

5,806.4

83.2

5,806.4

7.0

10,8

897.1

8.3

72.4

4,909.3

6.8

18.8

0.0

1.54

15.5

9.9

0.021

1.192

Xinjiang

164,700.0

4,088.3

262,416.0

1,305.6

195,625.7

1,248.9

195,625.7

15.7

774.3

164,020.6

21.2

474.6

31,605.1

6.7

56.7

0.0

0.79

2.5

31.9

0.083

12.37

Taiwan

3,576.0

1,969.5

226,846.0

1,969.5

226,846.0

1,855.6

226,846.0

12.2

428.3

102,285.0

23.9

1,427.3

124,561.0

8.7

0.0

113.9

55.08

55.1

100

0.197

22.68

Source APFSOS/WP/14

Table 11 - China - Land Area by Category Unit: million hectares

Category

Forest land

of which: Economic forest land

of which: Bamboo forest land

Area

%

Area

%

Area

%

State Ownership

58.1986

45.28

1.6035

9.96

0.2626

6.93

Collective Ownership

70.3292

54.72

14.4053

90.04

3.5282

93.07

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 12 - China - Stock Volume by Type of Forest Land Unit: million cubic metres

type

standing stock volume

forest stock volume

quantify

%

quantity

%

State ownership

7514.0373

64.99

6,705.5740

73.79

Collective ownership

3221.6159

30.01

2381.5931

26.21

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14

Table 13 - China - Forest Type Statistics by Area and Stocking Volume Unit: million hectares, million cubic metres.

Forest type

Area

%

Stocking volume

%

timber forest

84.9286

78.18

6,743.3869

74.20

protective forest

16.0729

14.79

1,777.9770

19.57

fuelwood forest

4.2886

3.95

69.1674

0.76

special purpose forest

3.3481

3.08

496.6300

5.47

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14

Table 14 - China - Age Class Statistics by Area and Stocking Volume Unit: million hectares, million cubic metres.

Age class

Area

%

Stocking volume

%

young forest

41.3331

38.05

1,023.1764

11.26

middle age forest

36.1314

33.26

2,660.3420

29.28

nearly matured forest

11.0610

10.18

1,221.4214

13.44

mature forest

12.6886

11.68

2,203,7089

24.25

over matured forest

7.4241

6.83

1,978.5184

21.77

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 15 - Area and Stocking Volume of the Broad-leaved and Coniferous Forests, Unit: million hectares, million cubic metres.

Item

Area

%

Stocking volume

%

coniferous forest

55.0326

50.66

5,112.1593

56.26

broadleaved forest

53.6056

49.34

3,975.0078

43.74

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 16 - China - Area and Stocking Volume of the Timber Forest by Age Class, Unit: million hectares, million cubic metres

Age class

Area

%

Stocking volume

%

young forest

32.4815

38.24

831.0657

12.32

middle age forest

30.6148

36.05

2,212.1848

32.81

nearly matured forest

8.3449

9.83

907.6417

13.46

mature forest

8.4964

10.00

1,401.3095

20.78

over matured forest

4.9910

5.88

1,391.1852

20.63

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 17 - China - Area, Stock Volume and Percentage of Each Category of Native Forests, Unit: million hectares, million cubic metres.

Forest type

Area

%

Stocking volume

%

timber forest

67.4100

79.40

6,165.0384

91.4

protective forest

13.0037

80.9

1,657.7184

93.2

fuelwood forest

3.6826

85.9

65.3986

94.6

special purpose forest

3.1691

94.7

487.0321

98.1

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 18 - Area of All Types of Economic Forests. Unit: hectare: %

Forest types

Area

Percentage

oil production plantation

6,058,900

37.64

special economic forests

1,334,000

8.29

fruit trees

5,296,100

32.90

other economic forests

3,408,800

21.17

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14

Table 19 - China - National Statistics on Area of Afforestation by the State*, Unit: 1,000 hectares.

Year

State afforestation area

Year

State afforestation area

1949-1952

138.2

1975

944.8

1953

27.4

1976

948.5

1954

65.9

1977

802.1

1955

113.4

1978

728.4

1956

249.0

1979

831.2

1957

198.9

1980

684.4

1958

440.0

1981

571.3

1959

630.5

1982

498.7

1960

751.3

1983

644.9

1961

322.3

1984

698.3

1962

262.7

1985

770.6

1963

292.8

1986

477.6

1964

508.3

1993

5,932.9

1965

660.7

1994

6,022.6

1966

781.6

1949-1952

138.2

1967

633.2

1953-1957

654.7

1968

519.9

1958-1962

2,306.8

1969

565.1

1963-1865

1,461.8

1970

505.4

1966-1970

3,005.2

1971

718.0

1971-1975

4,665.9

1972

1,032.3

1976-1980

3,994.6

1973

1,067.5

1981-1985

3,250.7

1974

903.3

1949-1986

20,055.4

* The figures in this Table only refer to afforested area instead of established afforestation area.

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1949-1956, 1993, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 20 - China - Total and Breakdown of Forest Resource Consumption 1988-1994, Unit: 1,000 cubic metres

Breakdown

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

consumption

%

consumption

%

consumption

%

consumption

%

consumption

%

consumption

%

consumption

%

Total

328,496

100

300,727

100

297,264

100

292,661

100

298,057

100

296,654

100

298,292

100

commercial use

124,895

38

118,723

39.5

115,919

39

119,075

40.7

127,920

42.9

128,637

43.3

131,743

44.2

local consumption

70,528

21.5

58,064

19.3

63,986

21.5

60,937

20.8

58,289

19.6

61,393

20.7

62,018

20.8

mushroom cultiva.

7,970

2.4

7,433

2.5

6,529

2.2

6,434

2.2

7,820

2.6

7,674

2.6

8,161

2.7

fuelwood

106,815

32.5

104,670

34.8

97,101

32.7

92,186

31.5

92,071

30.9

88,403

29.8

85,936

28.8

loss in disasters

8,016

2.5

6,806

2.3

4,843

1.6

7,626

2.6

7,564

2.5

6,351

2.1

6,675

2.2

others

8,909

2.7

5,031

1.7

8,886

3.0

6,403

2.2

4,393

1.5

4,196

1.4

3,759

1.3

Source: Department of Resources and Forestry Administration of the Ministry of Forestry, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 21 - China - Consumption of Industrial Roundwood 1988-19941 1,000 M3

Year

Industrial round-wood consumption under planning

Total industrial roundwood consumption

1988

68,185

91,8572

132,2053

1989

56,780

83,580

119,743

1990

55,283

79,540

121,182

1991

56,987

81,496

121,190

1992

60,940

87,818

126,119

1993

62,067

87,081

128,508

1994

63,465

88,968

131,249

Source: Forestry Yearbook of China, 1994; Customs Statistics of China, 1994 in APFSOS/WP/14

Note: 1. Industrial roundwood import included.

2. Estimation based only on consumption of commercial timber resources.

3. Including commercial timber. timber for farmers' own use and planting; materials for propagation

Table 22 - China - Export of Forest Produces in 1995

Product

Volume

Value
(US$ 1,000)

% compared to last year

Quantity

Value

resin

0.04 tons

22.51

-12.3

-2.9

rosin

282,600 tons

166.00

-11.3

17.5

woodchip

1,897,700 tons

174.00

66.1

11.8

conifer timber

69,900 tons

722.23

1,238.1

755.0

non-conifer timber

1,837,800 tons

167.00

51.7

114.0

charcoal

26,100 tons

1,536.54

71.6

113.0

roundwood

97,100 m3

4,715.26

7.0

9.2

sleeper

1,200 m3

11.94

900.8

750.3

sawntimber

408,000 m3

195.00

11.5

18.6

veneer

21,100 tons

2,801.25

70.7

83.3

particleboard

5,400 tons

279.84

110.3

106.8

fibre board

43,800 tons

1,288.12

53.3

16.6

plywood

129,000 m3

3,907.01

25.3

23.5

chemical/semichemical wood pulp

27,000 tons

1,747.26

-84.2

-75.6

waste paper

15,900 tons

170.16

9.4

73.3

paper and paperboard

530,000 tons


200.0


furniture*


70,037.17


28.8

* Note: Chairs and benches, medical furniture mattress and bedroom furniture are not included.

Source: Customs Statistics of China, 1995 in APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 23 - China - Chances of Main Indexes for National Industrial Production

Product

Unit

1994

1993

Changes from 1993 to 1994 (%)

Total wood production

1,000 cubic m.

66,151.4

63,922.3

3.5

Total wood-based panel production

1,000 cubic m.

6,647.2

5,797.9

14.6

Plywood

1,000 cubic m.

2,606.2

2,124.5

22.7

Fiber board

1,000 cubic m.

1,930.3

1,809.7

6.7

Particle board

1,000 cubic m.

1,682

1,571.3

7

Total bamboo-wood production

1,000 piece

504,295

433,561.6

16.3

Total saw timber production

1,000 cubic m.

12,943.4

14,012.6

-7.6

Total rosin production

Ton

437,269

503,681

-13.2

Total turpentine production

Ton

52,910

61,627

-14.1

Total tannin extract production

Ton

18,177

26,176

-30.6

Total shellac production

Ton

1,001

931

7.5

Wood production from forestry enterprises

1,000 cubic m.

38,657.7

35,695

8.3

Log

1,000 cubic m.

36,839.2

33,887

8.7

Fuel-wood

1,000 cubic m.

1,818.5

1,808

0.6

Wood-based panel production from forestry enterprises

1,000 cubic m.

2,260.1

2,324.3

-2.8

Plywood

1,000 cubic m.

701.5

738.8

-5

Fiber board

1,000 cubic m.

749

795.5

-5.8

Particle board

1,000 cubic m.

750.7

747.8

3.9

Bamboo wood production from forestry enterprises

1,000 piece

15,139.8

10,831.3

39.8

Sawntimber production from forestry enterprises

1,000 cubic m.

2,460.2

2,639.9

-6.8

Rosin production from forestry enterprises

Ton

224,451

221,713

1.2

Turpentine production from forestry enterprises

Ton

34,397

21,822

57.6

Tannin extract production from forestry enterprises

Ton

10,550

13,627

-22.6

Shellac production from forestry enterprises

Ton

949

695

36.5

Source: APFSOS WP/14

Table 24 - China - Changes of Main Indexes for Stale-owned Forestry Units

Item

Unit

1994

1993

Change from 1993 to 1994

1. Number of enterprises & institutions

individual

47,255

45,993

2.74


1-1 Forestry

individual

38,562

37,757

2.13


1-2 Industry

individual

2,012

1,650

21.94

2. Number of staff members

person

2,569,355

2,575,664

-0.24


2-1 Forestry

person

843,668

850,204

-0.77



State-owned tree farm

person

556,224

554,550

0.3


2-2 Industry

person

1,305,643

1,300,792

0.37


Enterprises of wood logging & transportation

person

1,082,383

1,072,154

0.95


Enterprises of wood processing

person

143,777

137,534

4.54


Enterprises of forest chemical industry

person

28,676

27,957

2.58

Year-end number of staff member






Permanent staff

person

1,710,842

1,718,737

-0.46


Contractual staff

person

560,472

506,378

10.68

3. Total amount of wage of the total staff

1000 Yuan

861,399.5

682,861

26.15


3-1 Forestry

1000 Yuan

296,490.5

208,798.1

42



State-owned tree farm

1000 Yuan

192,139.5

133,794.3

43.61


3-2 Industry

1000 Yuan

395,046.4

346,427.3

14.03


Enterprises of wood longing & transportation

1000 Yuan

324,924.2

283,243.3

14.72


Enterprises of wood processing

1000 Yuan

44,105.1

37,037.5

19.08


Enterprises of forest chemical industry

1000 Yuan

8,697.9

8,055.1

7.98

4. Average amount of wage of the total staff

Yuan

3,427.3

2,712

26.38


4-1 Forestry

Yuan

3,590.3

2,685

33.72



State-owned tree farm

Yuan

3,535.4

2,468

43.25


4-2 Industry

Yuan

3,117.6

2,905

7.32


Enterprises of wood logging & transportation

Yuan

3,110.1

2,737

13.63


Enterprises of wood processing

Yuan

3,087

2,746

12.42


Enterprises of forest chemical industry

Yuan

3,031.7

2,919

3.86

5. Labour productivity of total value of industrial enterprises (calculating by total value of output)

Yuan/person¤year

12,906

12,692

1.69


Enterprises of wood logging & transportation

Yuan/person¤year

9,534

9,353

1.94


Enterprises of wood processing

Yuan/person¤year

24,272

24,630

-1.45


Enterprises of forest chemical industry

Yuan/person¤year

34,621

36,992

-6.41

6. Labour productivity of total value of industrial enterprises (calculating by the increment)

Yuan/person¤year

7,771

7,949

-3.93


Enterprises of wood logging & transportation

Yuan/person¤year

7,305

7,477

-2.3


Enterprises of wood processing

Yuan/person¤year

7,990

9,187

-13.03


Enterprises of forest chemical industry

Yuan/person¤year

11,980

14,210

-15.69

7. Labour productivity of total material of industrial enterprises






Log

m3/person!¤year

102

103

-0.97


Sawn wood

m3/person!¤year

47

58

-18.97


Plywood

m3/person!¤year

14

17

-17.65


Woody fiber board

m3/person!¤year

37

40

-7.5


Particle board

m3/person!¤year

65

76

-14.47

Source: APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 25 - China - Changes of Main Indexes of Forestry Production.

Item

Unit

1994

1993

Change from 1993 to 1994

1. Total planting area

1,000 ha

5,992.66

5,903.4

1.51


of which air seeding

1,000 ha

802.42

859

-6.59

2. Forest establishment by afforestation project

1,000 ha

2,282.17

2,259.3

1.01


High-yielding forest afforestation

1,000 ha

462.72

504.7

-8.32

3. Reforestation for cutover site

1,000 ha

722.72

739.2

-2.23

4. Tending on juvenile forest

1,000 ha

9,738.38

10,020.6

-2.82

5. Tending on closed forest

1,000 ha

5,287.6

4,878.2

8.39

6. Improvement of low productive forest

1,000 ha

842.82

780.8

7.94

7. Scattered planting (on four sides)

1,000 tree

3,469,750

3,414,650

1.61

8. Nursing tree seedling

1,000 ha

240.82

261.6

-7.94

9. Tree seed collection

Ton

45,288

51,811.7

-12.59

10. Mountain closure for forest regeneration

1,000 ha

30,999.37

30,871.8

0.41

11. Production of main forest products

Ton





a. Raw lacquer

Ton

3,219

3,376

-4.65


b. Tung oil tree seed

Ton

434,539

421,027

3.21


c. Teaoil tree seed

Ton

630,737

487,942

29.26


d. Tallow tree seed

Ton

36,864

40,621

-9.25


e. Gallnut

Ton

9,094

8,818

3.13


f. Palm tree blade

Ton

50,339

45,895

9.68


g. Resin

Ton

569,270

580,780

-1.98


h. Bamboo shoot (in dry weight)

Ton

133,035

127,135

4.64


i. Walnut

Ton

209,997

192,159

9.28


j. Chestnut

Ton

218,793

162,403

34.72


k. Shellac

Ton

3,733

2,455

52.06

Source: APFSOS/WP/14.

Table 26 - China - Areas of Main Crop and the Output of Main Agriculture Residues in 1994


Area (10 thousand ha.)

Output of Residuals (10 thousand ton)

Wheat straw

2898.1

10867.9

Rice

Rice straw

3017.2

11314.5


Rice hull


1357.8

Cotton stalk

552.8

2487.6

Maize stalk

2115.2

9518.4

Sorghum stalk

136.8

615.6

Sunflower stalk

80.4

361.8

Tobacco stalk

148.9

446.7

Millet straw

167.2

501.6

Bagasse

105.6

475.2

Hemp

37.1

111.3

Peanut hull

377.6

283

Beans straw

1273.6

1910.4

Rape straw

578.3

1735.5

Total

11488.8

41987.5

Source: APFSOS/WP/35

Table 27 - China - The change of Bamboo resource - 103 ha, 103 ton

Year

Total resource

Moso bamboo

Other bamboo

Area

Stand Volume

Area

Stand volume

Area

Stand volume

Individual plants (million)

Weigh

1977-1981

3199.6

64943

2496.6

35796

53695

703

11248

1983-1988

3546.3

76288

2526.4

39978

59970

1019.9

16318

1989-1993

3790.8

95731

2602.3

499537

74931

1189.5

20800

Source: APFSOS/WP/35

Table 28 - China - The production of bamboo-based panels.


Annual production (m3)

No. of mills

Price in the market (yuan/m3)

Value (104 yuan)

Bamboo mat plywood

90,000

90

2,800

25,200

Bamboo curtain plywood

40,000

30

2,800

11,200

Bamboo strip plywood

30,000

24

4,000

12,000

Bamboo strip laminated plywood

25,000

20

2,800

7,000

Bamboo based particleboard

15,000

20

1,200

3,700

Bamboo floorboard

20,000

30

3,700

7,400

Bamboo based molded board

5,000

10

-

-

Total

225,000

224

-

66,500

Source: APFSOS/WP/35

Table 29 - China -The structure of pulp fibre from 1991 to 1995 - 103 ton

Pulp fibers

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Used

Percent

Used

Percent

Used

Percent

Used

Percent

Used

Percent

Annual consumption

1500

100

17500

100

18970

100

21600

100

22680

100

Wood pulp

2100

14

2290

13.09

2280

12.00

2640

12.22

2900

12.79


Local

1500

10

1640

9.37

1770

9.33

1830

8.47

2080

9.17


Imported

600

4

652

3.72

510

2.69

812

3.75

820

3.62

Reeds

870

5.8

900

5.14

850

4.48

1050

4.86

950

4.19

Bagasse

290

1.33

340

1.94

300

1.58

350

1.62

550

2.43

Bamboo

170

1.13

180

1.03

160

0.84

190

0.88

350

1.54

Straw

6810

45.4

8100

46.29

8920

47.02

9820

45.46

8930

39.37

Waste flax and

460

3.07

480

2.74

430

2.27

450

2.08

-

-

hemp











Waste paper

4050

27.0

4900

28.0

5400

28.47

6300

29.17

7600

33.51


Imported

620

4.13

630

4.80

480

2.6

590

2.71

770

3.39

Others

250

1.67

310

1.77

630

3.32

800

3.70

1400

6.17

Source: APFSOS/WP/35

Table 30 - China - The status of Non-Wood and Recycled Fibre Sources. - 1000ha, 1000 ton

Year

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Total bamboo production

4891

5279

5771

6654

6513

6443

7108

8103

9030

9265


Moso bamboo production

3764

4091

4518

5318

5062

4981

5529

6511

7380

7505


Other bamboo production

1127

1188

1253

1336

1451

1462

1579

1592

1650

1760


Output of bamboo pulp

128

139

144

157

156

164

170

180

160

190

350

Consumption of bamboo pulp

348

417

432

471

468

492

510

540

480

570

1050

The Production of Bamboo Pulp

1280

1390

1440

1570

1560

1640

1700

1800

1600

1900

3500

Bamboo consumption for pulp production

3480

4170

4320

4710

4650

4920

5100

5400

4800

5700

10500

Total area of main reeds

791


807

810

812

850

849

850



854

Area of used reeds

443


471

483

489

482

486

488



510

Output of reeds

1360


1474

1626

1660

1662

1693

1732



1950

Supply of reeds

1190


1232

1409

1470

1352

1365

1420



1657

the Bagasse area of cultivation

965

950

859

924

959

1009

1164

1246

1088

1057


Yield of sugarcane

51549

50219

47363

49064

48795

57620

67898

73011

64194

60927


Output of bagasse

4091

4915

4836

4238

4317

5356

5492

7420

7074

5622


Supply for bagasse pulp

629

658

659

677

705

718

744

872

769

897


Output of bagasse pulp

245

257

257

264

275

280

290

340

300

350


Cultivation area of Kenaf

991

345

272

277

286

300

270

277

274

176


Output of Kenaf

2060

710

569

540

660

726

513

619

672

355


Source: APFSOS/WP/35

Table 31 - China - Fuelwood consumption sources 1994.

China

1994

Area

Mass

Energy

CONSUMPTION

1000 ha

kton

PJ

total wood fuels


219,122

3,287

POTENTIAL SUPPLY




sust. woodfuel from forest land

133,418

235,541

3,533

sust. woodfuel from agricultural areas

496,486

288,700

4,331

sust. woodfuel from other wooded lands

27,526

15,957

239

waste woodfuels from deforestation

-489

58,347

875

total potentially available woodfuels*

656,941

598,546

8,978

50% of crop processing residues

496,486

78,003

1,169

total potentially available biomass fuels


676,549

10,148

Area =70% geographical land area
Source : APFSOS/WP/34


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