EU implements new wood regulations, China's wood products industry is affected

 

The mandatory implementation of the "Wood and Wood Products Regulations and the New Environmental Design Directive" of the European Union has weakened the competitiveness of China's solid wood furniture and other wood products in the European market to a certain extent , and will also bring significant importance to China's wood furniture and other wood products industries Impact, its negative impact mainly has the following four aspects:

 

 

First, it is more difficult for enterprises to obtain FSC certification. At present, only 10% of the certified wood in the world, as far as China is concerned, because China's forest certification has just started, less than 1% of the certified wood in the market. The new regulations require that wood products imported into the EU market must be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, but the agency ’s standards are not mutually recognized with the standards of other countries, which brings great benefits for obtaining or obtaining certification of legality. The difficulty of timber and wood products that cannot provide sufficient legality will be blocked by the EU.

 

Second, the cost of exporting wood products has increased significantly. First of all, enterprises must invest a lot of capital and manpower for technological transformation and improve environmental quality. Secondly, raw material transportation costs will increase. Because there are fewer local forest farms that have passed FSC forest supply certification, the cost of purchasing raw materials in other places will increase greatly after EU customers request it.

 

       Again, certification fees will increase. Enterprises will increase related inspection, testing, certification and public relations procedures and other related costs. If an enterprise wants to pass the FSC certification, the certification cost is about 30,000 yuan, and then an annual review is required every year. The annual review cost is about 15,000 yuan. After implementing the FSC forest certification, the enterprise must fund the certification for the forest management unit where the raw materials were purchased. cost.

 

       In addition, the cost of imported raw materials will increase, and the cost of certified imported wood is about 10% higher than that of ordinary imported wood. The above situation undoubtedly increases the cost, which is a great challenge for enterprises.

 

Third, the threshold for exporting wood products to Europe has been greatly increased. Some Chinese companies need to import logs and timber products from Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Many of these suppliers have illegal logging problems. Therefore, the European log "ID" requirements may be Some furniture companies will miss orders. Different countries have different laws and regulations. It is difficult to prove whether the source of wood is legal, and the origin of some imported wood is impossible to verify. This will have a great impact on China ’s wood product export companies, especially small and medium-sized wood product export companies. May force them to withdraw from the European market.

 

Fourth, the customs clearance of wood products exports has been greatly affected. After the implementation of the new EU Directive, customs in various European countries may conduct stricter inspections on imported wood products during law enforcement. For example, the addition of "due diligence" audit content to the original complex customs clearance process will inevitably increase the export of wood products The customs clearance cost of production enterprises is not conducive to convenient customs clearance. At the same time, it also greatly enhances the discretion of the EU port authorities on China's export of European wood products, leaving a wide imagination for trade restrictions.

 

Although the new directive will have a significant negative impact on China's export to the European board and wood furniture industry in the short term , in the long run, it is a challenge and an opportunity. The new regulations will be beneficial to the regulation of China's wood furniture export market and the improvement of product quality. Not only is it conducive to the future development of China's wood furniture industry, it can also effectively regulate the market, further eliminate outdated and non-standard SMEs, promote the transformation and upgrading of the wood furniture industry, and improve the quality, grade and international competition of China's wood furniture industry export force. (Editor: Peter)

 

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