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Wood flooring producer cooperates with Malaysian supplier

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-04-28 10:21

New Elegant Living Timber Manufacturing (Zhongshan) Ltd, a Chinese wood flooring products manufacturer, announced last week that it has clinched a strategic cooperation agreement with Malaysian timber firm Samling Global Ltd on material supply.

Last year, the total production of wood floors in China hit 361 million square meters. Analysts say that the output is expected to reach 500 million square meters in 2010, with an annual growth rate of 13 percent.

"The market potential and future development provide the opportunity for the cooperation between Chinese wood floor producers and international players," said Liu Shuozhen, president of New Elegant Living.

But Liu also said China will see a huge scarcity of wood of 280 million cubic meters by 2010, while the supply in the international trading market only stands at 120 million cubic meters.

Therefore, "the stable supply of raw materials is key to the players in the industry," said Liu.

The Hong Kong-listed Samling Global manages around 4 million hectares of forest in the world.