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1、SustainingWoodFlootGrowthFlooringsDespiteoverseasIPRstrugglesandpressingenvironmenta1concerns,Chinaisclosetobecomingtheworld'smajorwoodfloormanufacturerCbyWANLIXlNhina'swoodfloorProductionhaswitnessedphenomenalgrowthinrecentyears,particularlywithregardstoexports,andthetastgrowthelici
2、tschaUengesbothathomeandabroad.Onthedomesticfront,Chinahasjustslappedaconsumptiontaxonsolidwoodfloors.Meanwhile,major44ChinaInternationalBusinessIJuly2006overseasimportershavelodgedIntellectualPropertyRights(IPR)chargesagainstChinesewoodfloorproducers.TheChinawoodfloormarketaccounted
3、foraboutz3omillionsq.m.involumein20o5,upfrom2oo4'sI3omillionsq.m.witha2ipercentcompoundannualgrowthrateoverthepastfiveyears.Structurallythesectorischaoticatbest.Eveninsiderscannottellexactlyhowmanywoodflooringmanufacturersthereareinthecountry.Byvariousastimatesthenumberstandsatbetwee
4、n2,000and3,000,ofwhichonlyabout3oareofsomescalewiththeirownbrandproducts.Thisispartlyexplainedbythefact山atwoodfloormanufacturingisgenerallynothighlytechnologicalandthusafrordsrelativelylowentrythreshold.Woodnoorsmainlyfa11intothreecategories:solidwoodfloor,highdensityfibreboard(HDF1f
5、loor,andengineeredwoodfloor(1ayersofthinhardwoodpliespressedandgluedtogether).Ofthesethreecategories,solidwoodfloorproductionisdecreasing,duemainlytovolatilityinrawmaterialssupplyasaresultofinternationalloggingbans,whiletheothertwocategoriesarebothwitnessingstronggrowthinChina."Cu~en
6、f1%China'swoodfloormanufacturingcanbefoundmainlyinfourareas:thethreeprovincesinChina'sNortheast(Heilongjiang,IilinandLiaoningprovinces),GuangdongProvince.Shanghai,andNanxuninZhejiangProvince,"saysChenHong,vicepresidentofShanghaiAnxinFlooring,oneofChina'slargestmanufacturersanddistrib
7、utorsofsolidwoodflooring.ChensaysthatstrongprocessingcapacityandcheaplaboraremakingChinaoneofthemajorprocessorsofwoodnoorsgloballv."Butastherearetoomanyindependentmanufacturers,theinternationalbuyersaretakingadvantageofthistosteadilydrivedowntheprice,significantlyprofitmarginslowerin
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