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Security Assessment of Taiwan Solid Wood Product Supply

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  • Chyi-Rong Chiou

    (School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan)

  • Wei-Hsun Chan

    (School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
    Division of Forestry Economics, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan)

  • Meng-Shan Wu

    (Division of Forestry Economics, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan)

  • Jiunn-Cheng Lin

    (Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei 100, Taiwan)

Abstract

Taiwan is highly dependent on imports of solid wood materials. In the past ten years (2009–2018), it imported raw materials for solid wood products from 117 countries. Therefore, the diversity of raw material sources is a serious concern. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the risks of solid wood product supplies. The dispersion and concentration of supply sources are the measures. The SWI and HHI models are used to calculate the six major imported solid wood products. The results show that from the beginning of 2009 to the end of 2018, wood chips and pellets with the highest average annual import quantity had the lowest average performance in SWI and with the highest average HHI value, which indicates that wood chips and pellets are the riskiest items among the 6 solid wood products. While the sawn wood has the highest average SWI value and the lowest HHI value, it offers the smallest supply risk.

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  • Chyi-Rong Chiou & Wei-Hsun Chan & Meng-Shan Wu & Jiunn-Cheng Lin, 2021. "Security Assessment of Taiwan Solid Wood Product Supply," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:9:p:5292-:d:551142
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