In June 2020, the work of returning to work and production in other areas has been carried out orderly except the newly diagnosed Covid-19 cases associated with Beijing XinfadiAgro Wholesale Market. The wood manufacturing industry has maintained a good growth trend.

The GGSC-CN comprehensive index for June registered 55.0% (45.7% for last June and 61.9% for June 2018), a decrease of 1.1 percentage points from the previous month, continued to run in the expansion zone for 4 consecutive months. It shows that the operation of the superior forest products enterprises represented by GGSC-CN index expand from last month. See Figure 1 for more details.

According to the sub-index, domestic market demand has kept picking up, manufacturers for forest products have maintained active production, the international market is recovering.

Figure 1 GGSC-CN index trend from July 2019 to June 2020

Challenges

Ø International market has not opened and auxiliary materials is in short supply.

Ø Shortage of raw materials and poor quality of raw materials.

Products in short supply

Juglans Nigra, Hickory, Industrial chemicals

Commodity of which the price has been increased

Poplar Veneers, Juglans Nigra,Hickory floor blank, Poplar log, Oak bark

Commodity of which the price has been decreased

Particle board, Ebony, Oak, Teak flooring blank, Paper box, Fir logs, Teak, KOSSO

As for the GGSC-CN index, in June 2020, three out of five sub-indexes of GGSC-CN index rose and two declined.

The production index registered 61.1%, a decrease of 5.6 percentage points from the previous month, continued to run in the expansion zone for 4 consecutive months. It shows that the production of superior forest products enterprises represented by GGSC CN increased in June from last month.

The new order index registered 55.6%, a drop of 11.1 percentage points from the previous month,reflecting the ability to obtain orders is better than last month. Among them, the new export order index reflecting international trade registered 50.1%, a increase of 22.2 percentage points from the previous month, and continued to run in the shrink zone for 3 consecutive months , showing that orders from abroad this month was almost the same as last month.

The main raw material inventory index registered 44.4%, an increase of 16.7percentage points from the previous month. It shows that the raw material inventory of the superior forest products enterprises decreased from the previous month.

The employment index registered 55.6%, an increase of 5.6 percentage points from the previous month. It shows that the employment of the superior forest products enterprises increased from the previous month

The supplier delivery time index was 50.0%, an increase of 5.6 percentage points from the previous month. It indicates that the supply time of raw material suppliers of the superior forest product enterprises was almost the same as last month.