International competitiveness of bamboo products

Global Bamboo Trade: Trend & DevelopmentGlobal Bamboo Trade: Trend & Development

WU Junqi

Trade Coordinator, INBAR

April 10, 2015

Market & TradeMarket & Trade • International market

• Bamboo industry

Trade Policies & Regulations

Trade Policies & Regulations

• Capacity building-R&D

• Quality & standards

• Market access

HS codes Products HS codes Products

140110 Bamboos

200591 Preserved bamboo shoots

440210 Bamboo charcoal 441873 Assembled bamboo flooring panels

440921 Bamboo flooring 441891 Bamboo construction materials

441210 Bamboo plywood 441911 Bamboo boards for bread, meats, etc.

460121 Bamboo mats/matting/screens 441912 Chopsticks of bamboo

460192 Bamboo plaits/similar products 441919 Bamboo tableware and kitchenware

460211 Bamboo basketwork, etc 442191 Other articles of bamboo

470630 Bamboo pulps

482361 Bamboo paper articles

940151 Seats of bamboo/rattan 940152 Seats of bamboo

940384 Furniture of bamboo/rattan 940382 Furniture of bamboo

Source: World Customs Organization

SMESME

0 2000 4000

Asia

Europe

North America

Africa

Oceania

South America

Central America

1,605 216

38

19

7

2

2 0 200 400 600 800

Europe

Asia

North America

Oceania

Africa

South America

Central America

679 482

344 39

30

28

17

30%

12%

42%

21%

85%

Source: UN Comtrade

Source: UN Comtrade

Industrialized bamboo

products, 541 , 29%

Bamboo woven products, 476

, 25%

BR furniture products, 291

, 15%

Bamboo shoots, 276

, 15%

Rattan woven products, 209

, 11%

BR raw materials, 96

, 5%

World export of bamboo and rattan in 2012

Source: UN Comtrade

66%

9%

37%

18%

16%

Resource

• Bamboo: 37 million ha, widely distributed across Asia and the Pacific, the Americas and the Caribbean, and Africa.

Resource Utilization

China: $19.5 billionIndia: $ 4 billion

SurfboardBicycleKiteFishing rodsShoesFlute…

ScaffoldFence

BasketworkMats, curtain, carpets…

FlooringPlywoodVeneerFurniture

ChopsticksSticksTablewareKitchenwareChopping boardOther utensils

CharcoalVinegar MedicineChemical products…

Food

HandicraftsCarvingsFansUmbrella...

Machines

TextileClothesPulpPaper

OrnamentalsSeedlings

Construction

Industry and products

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESMESMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

SMESME

LEADING COMPANYLEADING

COMPANY


COMPANY


COMPANY


COMPANY

Rhizome

Sheaths

Base part

Middle lower part

Top part

Twigs

Shoots

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Curtain, mat, carpet

flooring

Vegetable

Handicrafts

Handicrafts

Brooms

Pulp/paper

Charcoal

Fiber boards

Odds/leftover from processing

Juice

1

2

3

4

5

7

8

9Leaves

8

Manure

Pigments Beverages

Fodder

Medicine

Sticks (toothpicks, skewers)

Bamboo poles

fuels

Laminated furniture

9

Middle upper part

Charcoal

Woven articles

6

5-10%

40-50%

30-40%

5-10%

Lumber

Handicrafts

Cloths

Scaffoldings

Full utilization of bamboo poles

FarmerFarmerMicro small middle scale

producerMicro small middle scale

producerLeading companyLeading company exporter

importerexporterimporter

Scaffolding, fence, processing for woven products, charcoal, fibre, paper, pulp, panel-based products, furniture…

POLES

Fresh, dry, salted, and preserved shoots, mushroom…

FOOD


WOVEN PRODUCTSBasketwork, wickerwork, other articles…

Mats, screens, curtains, carpets…

WOVEN PRODUCTS


STICKS

Chopsticks, incense, tooth sticks, spatula…


Fibres

FIBERTextile, pulp, paper…

CHARCOAL

Charcoal, Vinegar, Medicine, Chemicals, Bamboo beer…


PANELS & BOARDS

Flooring, veneer, plywood…


FURNITURE



CONSTRUCTION


KITCHENWARE

TABLEWARE

Bamboo bikeBamboo slipperBamboo surfboardBamboo fishing rodsBamboo fansMusic instruments…


Bamboo for fun…

• Public Awareness

Challenges & Opportunities

Distributed in rural areas of the developing regions

Limited resources in the developed regions

Covering the forest land, grassland and agriculture system

Growing recognition, distribution areas and importing market

INBAR and its members

• Research & Technology


Unbalanced research capacity in the world, traditional producers, new emerging economic bodies

Relatively limited well-developed processing technology as similar products

Processing machinery needs to be improved/innovated

New technology and facilitators by players from EU and the North America

China, the most developed bamboo industry in the world New organizations/institutes focusing on bamboo

technology at national, regional and international level

• Sustainable Management


Cost increasing -bamboo farmers The appropriate certification

method Bamboo distribution- forest, grass

and agriculture land

Market demand and access

Certification practices National views and priorities

International collaboration

• Market access


Lack of standards at national and international level

HS codes classification Market demand

Limited verification capacity

Standard and codes’ practices International collaboration of

bamboo standardization

• Trade regulations


Environment friendly Sustainable management Quality inspection & control

Wood/timber regulations

Food security

National trade policies

International collaboration

INBAR 贸易便利化Case: Trade regulations for bamboo

• USA: Lacy Act, amended in 2008• EU FLEGT: effective in October 2010• EU TR: Implemented in March 2013

• 44 wood category:• Flooring• Particle board• Plywood• Assembled panels• kitchenware/tableware

HS codes Products(HS 2007) HS codes Products(HS 2018)

140110 Bamboos

200591 Preserved bamboo shoots

440210 Bamboo charcoal 441873 Assembled bamboo flooring panels

440921 Bamboo flooring 441891 Bamboo construction materials

441210 Bamboo plywood 441911 Bamboo boards for bread, meats, etc.

460121 Bamboo mats/matting/screens 441912 Chopsticks of bamboo

460192 Bamboo plaits/similar products 441919 Bamboo tableware and kitchenware

460211 Bamboo basketwork, etc 442191 Other articles of bamboo

470630 Bamboo pulps

482361 Bamboo paper articles

940151 Seats of bamboo/rattan 940152 Seats of bamboo

940384 Furniture of bamboo/rattan 940382 Furniture of bamboo

Source: World Customs Organization

Recognize bamboo’s importance for sustainable development

Provide an alternative “green” option for construction, manufacturing, design

Help to develop the bamboo industry in INBAR member states

Create better enabling policy environment for bamboo industry in the international market

Trade facilitation for bamboo

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

WU Junqi

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www.inbar.int