NZ set to gain market share in Chinese softwood log market, AgriHQ says

NZ set to gain market share in Chinese softwood log market, AgriHQ says
By Tina Morrison Dec. 1 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand, the largest supplier of softwood logs to China, is likely to continue to gain market share over the next five years, according to an industry report. In 2013, New Zealand accounted for 32.3 percent of China's record softwood log imports for the year, according to the DNS Forest Products AgriHQ China Forestry Report 2015. While China will be able to meet more of its own demand for timber in the future, supplying 59 percent of its domestic needs by 2020 from 52 percent in 2013, it sti...