In 2018, China exported nearly 1.79 million tons of fiberboard products, down 14.3% year on year; The export volume was 1.119 billion US dollars, down 2.1% over the previous year, falling for four consecutive years; The average export unit price was 625.17 US dollars/ton, up 14.3% year on year, ending the previous three consecutive years of decline.
【 Building materials network 】In 2018, China's exports Fiberboard Nearly 1.79 million tons of Class A products, down 14.3% year on year; The export volume was 1.119 billion US dollars, down 2.1% over the previous year, falling for four consecutive years; The average export unit price was 625.17 US dollars/ton, up 14.3% year on year, ending the previous three consecutive years of decline.
In 2018, China imported 190300 tons of fiberboard products, an increase of 8.3% year on year; The import volume was 142 million US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2%; The average unit price of imports was 746.19 US dollars/ton, down 2.9% year on year.
In 2018, China's imports strengthened Wood floor 71600 tons, with imports of 80 million dollars; Export laminate floor 979500 tons, with an export value of 664 million dollars.
China's exports of fiberboard products are mainly concentrated in the United States, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and other countries. Affected by Sino US trade frictions, exports to the United States in 2018 were 305000 tons, down 8.1% over the previous year, down for four consecutive years, accounting for 17.0% of the country's exports, continuing to rank first; 195000 tons were exported to Nigeria, up 53.5% year on year, jumping to the second place from the third place in the previous year, and increasing for two consecutive years, accounting for 11.0% of the national export volume; 119000 tons were exported to Saudi Arabia, down 47.1% year on year, accounting for 6.6% of the national export volume, down from the second place last year to the third place; Exports to Canada were 109000 tons, down 12.8% from the previous year, continuing to rank fourth, down for two consecutive years; 106000 tons were exported to Russia, down 4.5% from the previous year, and continued to rank fifth; Exports to the United Arab Emirates were 85000 tons, down 18.3% from the previous year, jumping from the seventh to the sixth place in the previous year; 63000 tons were exported to Australia, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year, jumping from the eighth to the seventh place in the previous year; 45000 tons exported to Uzbekistan, ranking eighth; Exports to Vietnam reached 44000 tons, a sharp decrease of 60.0% over the previous year, from the sixth to the ninth place in the previous year; Export to India is 38000 tons, ranking tenth. Iran withdrew from the top ten countries of China's fiberboard products export. On the whole, China's exports to the United States, Canada and the Middle East continue to decrease, while its exports to Africa and Eastern Europe continue to increase.
New Zealand, Germany and other countries continue to be the main source countries of China's fiberboard imports. In 2018, China imported 42600 tons and 38300 tons of fiberboard products from the above two countries, accounting for 43% of China's total imports of fiberboard products. 17000 tons of imports from Chile, ranking third; Imports from Australia were 9000 tons, down significantly.