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2013 India's Forest Products Industry Outlook

Study Highlights:

10-year historical data on imports of softwood and hardwood logs, softwood and hardwood lumber, wood panels, wood furniture, pulp, recovered fiber, printing & writing paper, newsprint, tissue, containerboard and boxboard
Details on overseas sources of key forest products for India
Constraints on timber availability
Profile of plantation forestry development in India
Analysis of India's infrastructure limitations, and developments in ports, roads and energy production
Comparison of India and China's forest resources, energy and demographic trends and trade in forest products
Profile and analysis of India's forest products industry and market trends, including major companies
Forecast of India's wood fiber deficit to 2021, including forecast of imports of logs (softwood, teak and other hardwood), lumber (softwood and hardwood), wood panels and pulp and paper

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A comprehensive review and analysis of India's forest product industry and wood fiber deficit over a ten year forecast period (to 2021).

Over the last ten years India's trade deficit in forest products has soared from US$1.0 billion in 2001 to more than $5 billion in 2011. Due to the scarcity of domestic timber resources and rapidly growing demand, log imports in India have doubled since 2006 in order to meet the country's growing appetite for wood products. India's per capita consumption of paper and paperboard is less than 10kg (compared with 72kg/capita in China), but demand has been growing rapidly and consumption of recovered paper, wood pulp and non-wood pulp have nearly doubled over the past decade.

2013 India's Forest Products Industry Outlook provides a unique analysis of the potential development of the world's next substantial wood fiber import market (after China), based on domestic resource availability and the demographic and economic trends driving demand.

This study evaluates the farm forestry programs being launched in India (primarily by the paper companies), and the strategies being explored by this sector to meet increasing demand growth. The study includes 10-year historical data on India's forest products trade, and forecasts imports of logs, lumber and pulp and paper products through 2021.

India: Imports of Paper and Paperboard by Source, January-September 2012
Percent by Volume

India: Imports of Paper and Paperboard by Source, January-September 2012

Which are the major suppliers of paper products to India?

It is expected that India's growth trajectory of imports will not follow China's explosive patterns, yet will still be one of the most important trends in global timber demand as India's increasing need for imported wood fiber is expected to be sustained for several decades. This study explores the similarities and differences between the economic development and forest industry evolution of India and China over the last five years.

2013 India's Forest Products Industry Outlook is an essential tool for understanding the path of development of India's forest industry, and the outlook for investment and imports of wood products, pulp, and paper.

India's Working-Age Population Will Close Gap With China's

UN Medium-Variant Population Projection of Persons Aged 15-64, Millions

India's Working-Age Population Will Close Gap With China's

By 2030, India's working age population will be 8% larger than China's

Study Author

Robert Flynn, Director, International Timber, RISI

Robert (Bob) Flynn has more than 35 years experience in the forest industry, including 9 years as a forester for Champion International in Oregon. At RISI, Bob has published many studies on China's timber supply and demand including A Global Comparison of Planted Forest Economics and Investment Attractiveness for Tree Farm Development. Prior to joining RISI in April 2006, Bob spent 20 years as a consultant with several firms, assisting clients in understanding timber supply and demand trends; international trade of logs, woodchips, and biomass; and trends in international timberland investment in Southern Hemisphere plantation forest countries, China, and elsewhere.

I. Executive Summary

II. Macroeconomic Outlook for India

III. India: The "Next China"?

Demographic and economic profiles
Energy, infrastructure and housing
Forest resources
Forest products trade and timber supply deficits

IV. Forest Resources

Introduction: Forests and "Trees Outside Forest"
National Forest Inventory
Forest cover, growing stock and species mix
Key species: eucalyptus, poplar, teak, bamboo, other fast-growing hardwood
Government programs to stimulate tree planting
Farm Forestry Programs by private companies
Illegal logging and certification
Timber harvest potential

V. Forest Products Production

Wood Products

i. lumber
ii. Wood Panels
iii. Furniture

Pulp and Paper

i. Raw materials: Recovered paper, wood pulp and non-wood pulp
ii. Paper: newsprint, printing & writing and tissue
iii. Paperboard: Containerboard and boxboard

VI. Forest Products Trade

Overview of forest products imports and exports
Import duties in India
Wood products

i. Softwood logs and lumber
ii. Hardwood logs and lumber, focus on teak
iii. Wood panels: veneer, plywood, MDF and particleboard
iv. Secondary wood products and furniture

Pulp and paper

i. Woodchips and recovered paper
ii. Wood pulp
iii. Paper and paperboard
iv. Wood fiber deficit

VII. Outlook for Forest Products Supply and Demand

Challenges to development of forest products imports

i. Infrastructure
ii. Bureaucracy and government regulations
iii. Foreign Direct Investment

Forecast of softwood log and lumber imports to 2021
Forecast of teak and other hardwood log imports to 2021
Forecast of Paper and Paperboard production and imports to 2021
Fiber furnish forecast to 2021

i. Recovered paper
ii. Wood pulp
iii. Non-wood pulp

Forecast of India's wood fiber deficit, 2012-2021

VIII. Appendix I. Tables

IX. Appendix II. Profile of company Farm Forestry Programs

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2013 India's Forest Products Industry Outlook

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Table of Contents

I. Executive Summary

II. Macroeconomic Outlook for India

III. India: The "Next China"?

IV. Forest Resources

V. Forest Products Production

VI. Forest Products Trade

VII. Outlook for Forest Products Supply and Demand

VIII. Appendix I. Tables

IX. Appendix II. Profile of company Farm Forestry Programs

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