What is wood chips? Application of wood chips

According to statistical reports, the wood chip industry when Vietnam for many years is the largest supplier of wood chips in the world. In the first 7 months of 2020, Vietnam exported nearly 7 million tons of chips, reaching 923.01 million USD in value, a slight decrease of 1% in volume and 6.4% in value over the same period in 2019. Let's let's learn what wood chips are Why are they being exported so much?

What is wood chips?

From large logs, people chisel, cut, cut them into beautiful wooden products of commercial value. Small pieces of wood less than 3cm in size are called wood chips, so it can be seen that they are known as a by-product produced in the woodworking process.

However, in order to be able to produce a large amount of wood chips for export as day by day, the proactive production of wood chips has also been applied more commonly. From branches or even trees, people have used large-capacity wood crushers, which can create a whole pile of wood chips very quickly and conveniently.

What do foreign buyers buy wood chips for?

Currently, the main export markets of Vietnam are countries such as Korea, Japan, China and some European countries. One thing that these countries have in common is that there is a very cold winter. Just talking about it, we can understand what they imported their wood chips for, right. With its flammable properties, high heat generation, and cheap cost, wood chips are the products chosen by countries around the world to replace other types of burning materials.

In addition, a large amount of wood chips originating from natural forests and planted forests are used as raw materials for production from pulp or other industrial boards such as particle boards, MDF boards ... Depending on the chemical and physical properties. different of them that have their own uses.

Wood chip export market in the future

On average, each year, chip exports bring about 1.5 billion USD, accounting for 15-18% of the total export value of wood products of Vietnam. The annual quantity of chip exports is about 12 million tons, equivalent to 24 million cubic meters of raw log timber input. The largest import market of wood chips of Vietnam is China, Japan and South Korea with production accounting for more than 90% of the market. Smaller markets include Singapore, Indonesia ...

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