US hardwood exporters branch out in Chinese furniture, building sector

Government plans to build 1 billion sq m of 'green' buildings

United States-based hardwood exporters are boosting their growth in China's furniture, decoration and eco-friendly building material markets as the nation pushes to accelerate the pace of its urbanization drive.

Michael Snow, executive director of the American Hardwood Export Council, said that amid the continuing uncertainty in many Western economies, the growth rate of the usage of US hardwood across China and Southeast Asia has been stable over the past few years.