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2024 but remained sluggish which slowed construction and Tariff rates on imported wood products adjusted
manufacturing industries leading to a decline in demand for China’s Tariff adjustment Plan for 2025 has been announced
sawnwood. and China will adjust the import tariff rates on certain goods
China's sawnwood output from domestic resources as of 1 January 2025 in an effort to expand domestic demand

increased and the level of self-sufficiency improved such that and advance high-standard production.
dependence on imported sawnwood declined. The output of Provisional import tariffs lower than the most-favoured-
China's sawnwood has shown a steady growth in recent years. nation rates will be applied to 935 commodities as part of
According to statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, the annual tariff adjustment plan. This plan will help increase
China's sawnwood production was about 85 million cubic the imports of quality products.
metres in 2018 and this increased to about 90 million cubic The tariff rates for imported wood products, including
metres in 2019. wood or bamboo charcoal, veneer, wood floor, fibreboard,
Although sawnwood output fluctuated in 2020 as a result plywood, wooden doors, wood formwork, wooden pallets,
of the pandemic it remained at about 90 million cubic metres. barrels and wooden tools, cork and cork products, bamboo

Sawnwood production further increased to about 100 million and rattan products have been adjusted.
cubic metres in 2021 with economic recovery. Under 24 free trade and preferential trade arrangements,
China's sawnwood production reached about 110 million conventional tariff rates will be applied to certain products from
cubic metres, a record high in 2022. China's sawnwood 34 countries or regions in 2025 as part of China's efforts to
production in 2023 is also as high as 80 million cubic metres. expand its globally-oriented free trade areas.
In addition, China has promoted the use of alternative Among these, lower tariffs under the China-Maldives free
materials and implemented the "bamboo instead of wood" trade agreement, effective 1 January 2025, will eventually lead

policy, reducing the demand for sawnwood. to zero tariffs on nearly 96 percent of tariff lines.
Another reason for the decline was that the price for China will also continue to offer zero-tariff treatment on
imported sawnwood rose. 100 percent of tariff lines in 2025 to the 43 least developed
countries with which it has diplomatic relations in a bid to
EU preliminary anti-dumping ruling on multilayer wood support their development and foster mutual benefits.
flooring
It has been reported that the European Commission has, in Particleboard production capacity to exceed 70 million
an announcement on 15 January 2025, made a preliminary It is forecast that total production capacity of particleboard
anti-dumping ruling on Chinese multilayer wood flooring and

imposed provisional anti-dumping duties. rawpixel.com
Provisional anti-dumping duty for one company is 45.9
percent, for five companies 42.3 percent, two companies is
42.7 percent, for other enterprises the rate is 46.7 percent
or 49.2 percent.
The product involved has the EU CN (Combined Nomenclature)
code HS4418 7500 but does not include bamboo panels or

panels with at least a top layer of bamboo (wear resistant
layer) and flooring with Mosaic panels.