NZ is leading exporter of MDF into China

Friday 19 Dec 2025

 
While forestry exports are well known to be dominated by logs to China, New Zealand’s wood producers also lead the market in medium density fibreboard imports into China from a number of countries. This was highlighted in the December 2025 edition of the Tropical Timber Market Report. 

From January to September 2025 China’s fibreboard imports were 45,000 tonnes valued at US$33 million, up 16% in volume but down 4% in value over the same period of 2024. New Zealand was the largest supplier of fibreboard imports from January to September 2025.

China’s fibreboard imports from New Zealand rose 95% to 22,000 tonnes over the same period of 2024. It is worth noting that China’s fibreboard imports from Malaysia surged over 680%, from Spain and Poland they grew 34% and 4% respectively from January to September 2025. In contrast, China’s fiberboard imports from Thailand, Germany, Romania, Belgium and Switzerland fell 26%, 20%, 14%, 33% and 2% respectively over the same period of 2024.

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Source: ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report


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