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China increased its importation of wood chips in 2011, mainly from countries in Southeast Asia, in an effort to meet its growing need for wood fiber.

The expansion of pulp production in China continues and the lack of domestic wood fiber sources has resulted in record imports of wood chips in 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Chinese pulp mills increasingly have to rely on imported wood chips for their wood fiber needs.

More than 80 million wood chips, valued at almost $10 billion U.S., are traded annually in the open market worldwide and the shipment volumes are increasing.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.

BASTROP, LA -- Southern Plug manufacturing, the scene of a devastating blaze last November, required the services of firefighters on Tuesday to squelch a fire in a wood storage silo.

Forest fires have caused substantial damage to Slave Lake, Alberta and the surrounding area.

Wood chip shipments are increasing annually worldwide.

The Composite Panel Assn. is among several industry groups lauding U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for recognizing the value of existing markets for wood fiber and making clarifications in the USDA Farm Service Agency’s final rule for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.

One of the main sticking points for industry — that wood chips were not recognized as being used for high-value products — has been eliminated under the final Biomass Crop Assistance Program rule, announced on Oct. 21.