Analysis on the Change Trend of China's Furniture and Wood Panel Production from January to December in 2011

At the beginning of 2011, the production of furniture and wood panels continued to be good, and the output growth rate increased steadily compared with the same period of the previous year. From the perspective of growth, the production of wood panels has maintained steady growth, and the expansion of production in the furniture manufacturing industry has declined. At the beginning of 2011, the production situation of wood-based sheet products in the country started well, and achieved steady growth compared with the same period of last year. The output growth rate further expanded compared with the same period of last year. As of December, the cumulative output increased by more than 30%. At the same time, as of December, the cumulative output growth of the national furniture industry has rebounded slightly.

Specific statistics show:

From January to December, the national production of furniture products totaled 699 million pieces, an increase of 8.27% year-on-year, which was 19.49 percentage points lower than the same period of the previous year. The monthly output was 70,337,800 pieces, an increase of 3.16% year-on-year and a 5.32% quarter-on-quarter increase.

Among the main furniture products, the output of wooden furniture from January to December was 248 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 15.84%. The monthly output was 24.4866 million pieces, an increase of 24.1% year-on-year; the production of soft furniture (including mattresses and sofas) from January to December was national. It was 42.862 million pieces, up 4.43% year-on-year, and the output in December was 4.425 million pieces, up 8.33% year-on-year. From January to December, metal furniture production was 360 million pieces, up 5.85% year-on-year. In December, metal furniture was 36.273 million pieces, down from year on year. 6.87%. The proportion of wooden furniture increased by 9.16%, and the monthly output of metal furniture increased slightly, up 0.86% from the previous month. The production situation of the industry increased compared with the previous period.

From January to December, the national wood-based panel production was 240 million cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 40.36%, an increase of 12.93 percentage points over the same period of the previous year. In the same month, the national man-made panels were supplied for 25.33 million cubic meters, an increase of 40.91% over the same period of the previous year, an increase of 2.19% from the previous month, and the monthly output rebounded slightly.

Among all kinds of wood-based panel products, from January to December, plywood produced a total of 118 million cubic meters, an increase of 31.66% over the same period of last year. The output in December was 12.8243 million cubic meters, an increase of 31.66% over the same period of last year and an increase of 4.83% from the previous month; The monthly production of monthly fiberboard was 49.549 million cubic meters, up 24.59% year-on-year. The output in December was 5.0422 million cubic meters, up 3.6% from the previous year and 14.76% from the same period of the previous year. From January to December, the total production of particleboard was 12.769 million cubic meters, a year-on-year increase. 29.62%, the output in December was 1,145,800 cubic meters, a decrease of 2.53% from the previous month and an increase of 9.47% from the same period of the previous year.

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