Because the domestic timber is in short supply, need to import the timber to supplement , economic is developing, the import timber increases year by year. Imported the timber and woodwork about 41,470,000 cubic meters in the whole country in 1996, increased to 76,6830,000 cubic meters in 2000, were up to 123,1670,000 cubic metersin 2003, import the timber and woodwork to increase nearly 2 times in 7 years .Import timber account for national timber consumption proportion rise year by year , import timber account for national timber 18% of consumption 1993, the proportion of the imported timber has already been up to 44% in 2003 .Used for buying the foreign currency which is imported the timber to increase year by year. Uesd about 1.12 billion U.S. dollars to buy import timber ,   the timber and woodwork were imported and jumped to occupy the first place in various kinds of import goods in the whole country in 1998, the foreign currency used for buying the timber in 2003 is up to 132. 6,100 million dollars.

It is predicted , our country needs 214-230 million cubic meters of timber every year by 2010 , need timber to reach 400-430 million cubic meters 2030 years later.