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After several decades of intensive exploitation, China has decided to halt the commercial logging of its natural forests for 99 years.
Entered into force in 2017, this regulation protects 138 million hectares of forest massifs, or two thirds of the wooded area of the Middle Kingdom, which has already been fighting against the phenomenon of desertification for many years.
As a result, Chinese companies find themselves forced to source from abroad, even if it means overpaying for imported wood.
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By 2014, the volume of wood imports in China had exceeded that of its domestic production, according to Liu Nengwen, director of the Wood Value Promotion and Sustainable Development Center.
Since then, Chinese imports have steadily increased.
For the first time, in 2017, they crossed the threshold of 100 million cubic meters.
Two years later, China imported the record volume of 114 million cubic meters, an increase of 1.72% per
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