Global shipments of wood chips fell 14% in 2009; China bucked the trend, tripled its imports and became the world’s second largest chip importer

The international financial crisis in 2009 had a major negative impact on worldwide demand for pulp and paper products. As a result, the consumption of wood chips and pulpwood for pulp production was lower and global trade of wood chips fell 14%, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. China bucked this trend, almost tripling its imports to became the world’s second largest importer of wood chips last year.Seattle, USA. April, 2010. Global trade of wood chips, as with most commodities, fell in 2009 because of the international financial crises. Wood chip trade had increased on average