Western countries have long regarded China as a country with high risk of illegal logging. Recently, the EU's "wood and wood products regulations, the implementation of new environmental protection design directives, to some extent, weaken the competitiveness of wooden furniture and other wood products exported to the European market, at the same time, It will also significantly affect the wood furniture and wood products industry in China. Let's take a look at what impact it has:

1. Increase in cost and export timber

First, companies must invest a lot of money and manpower technology to improve environmental quality. Second, the cost of raw material transportation will increase. Since the supply of FSC forest certification, there are fewer local forests, and EU customers have requested that the cost of long-distance purchase of raw materials will increase significantly. Once again, the cost of certification will increase. Companies will increase process inspection, testing, certification, and public relations, as well as other related costs. The company hopes to pass the FSC certification and the cost is about 30,000 yuan. Be careful after one year. The cautious cost is about 15,000 yuan. After the implementation of the FSC forest certification, the forest management unit that the enterprise must pay will pay the certification fee. In addition, the cost of imported raw materials will increase, and the cost of certified timber imports will be about 10% higher than that of ordinary imported timber. The above situation definitely increases the cost and the enterprise is a huge challenge.

2. Wooden furniture companies such as wooden doors have obtained FSC certification.

From all over the world, currently, only 10% of the certified wood in the world, for China, since the forest certification has just begun in China, the certified wood on the market is less than 1%. And the new demand for imports into the EU market must be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for timber products, but the standards of the agency, rather than the standards of other countries, are not mutually recognized. This is the legality of the evidence or the certification has brought great difficulties and cannot be provided. Proper legality proves that wood and wood may hinder the EU.

3. The threshold for imported wood products has been greatly improved

Some companies are required to import timber and timber products from Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and other countries. These suppliers are illegally harvested in many countries. Therefore, the European log “ID” requirement may Some furniture companies lost order. And different management regulations, it is difficult to prove that the source of timber is legal. The origin of some imported timber sources is not inspection. China’s timber product export enterprises, especially small and medium-sized timber products export enterprises, will have a greater impact and may even force them. European market.

4. Wood products export clearance is very large

After the implementation of the new EU Directive, when the European customs enforcement law may be more stringent inspection of imported timber products, such as the original complex to increase the "due diligence" of the customs clearance process audit content, it will inevitably increase the cost of export customs clearance wood products manufacturing enterprises, not Conducive to customs clearance, at the same time, it has greatly promoted the decision of China's port authorities to restrict the trade restrictions on imported timber, leaving a broad imagination.

Although the new directive will have a major negative impact on China's imported timber furniture industry in the short term, it is a challenge and opportunity in the long run. The new rules of China's wooden furniture export market standards and improving the quality of our products are good. It not only benefits the development of China's wood furniture industry in the future, but also effectively regulates the market, further backwards and non-standard SMEs, promotes the transformation and upgrading of the wood furniture industry, and improves the export, quality level and international competition of China's wood furniture industry.