OREANDA-NEWS.  March 20, 2014. Around 40% of the timber volumes 2013 delivered to China from Sweden came from SCA's sawmills. Companies from Russia or Canada are still the biggest suppliers of timber to China but the forecast is that timber volumes from Sweden to China will continue to increase, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

“We want to be more than just a raw materials supplier. We’re now focusing more and more on long-term relationships and future value development than on volumes,” says Mathias Fridholm, Managing Director of SCA Timber China & S.E. Asia.

In four years, China has gone from a minor position to being one of SCA Timber’s largest markets. To handle this growth SCA has set up a company in Hongkong, SCA Timber China & S.E Asia. From this base all sales and administration is handled for the Chinese market and other interesting territories in Asia including Vietnam and South Korea. Today the export of sawn solid-wood products to Chinese wood industries is seeing the most interest.