Particleboard products are still the only kind of wood-based panel whose import volume is greater than the import and export volume in China. In 2015, China imported nearly 420000 tons of various kinds of particleboard products, a record high, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year, with an import value of 141 million US dollars; and exported nearly 170000 tons of particleboard products, the first time in the past five years, a decline of 31.9% over the previous year, with an export value o

Benefit from import substitution and wood-based panel penetration. OSB has a huge replacement space in the wood-based panel market. In 2014, the total output of China's wood-based panel was 302 million m3, but the output of plywood, fibreboard and particleboard accounted for 86%; in 2014, North America's OSB accounted for 50% of the wood-based panel market, and showed a continuous upward trend.