Liuzhou City becomes main area for block board production

According to Liuzhou Forestry Bureau the annual production of block board in Liuzhou City is about 2 million cubic metres, which accounts for 40% of the total in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

By the end of 2015, there were 1,580 timber processing enterprises whose output was around RMB20 billion with the latest forest inventory in the region shows a stocking volume of 70 million cubic metres. In 2015, the annual harvest was around 1.5 million cubic metres in Liuzhou City and it is forecasted that this year, the harvest will exceed 2 million cubic metres.

The block board utilises Fir and poplar veneers and is generally faced with Okoume.

Source: ITTO