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Figure 13. Wood supply chain of Huaqiang Foreign Trade Company.tive employees and workers, including 17 managers, 4 timber engineers, 2 mechanical engineers, and 2 electricalengineers. The company has 8 production lines for wood processing, 2 lines for planed timber, and 2 linesfor finger-joint timber. The company’s integrated production capacity is 50,000 cu. m, mainly processed timber,finger-joints, and planed oak and ash timber. The company also can process Scotch pine, larch, white pine, andlinden. The company exported 1,300 cu. m of wood products in 2002. Export increased to 2,610 cu. m and 8000cu. m in 2003 and 2004, respectively, mainly to the US and Canada.Suifenhe Ilsin Wood Industry Co. Ltd.Established jointly by Suifenhe Yiheng Economic Trade Co., Ltd. and New Zealand Furniture Co., Ltd. in 2002,the company’s authorized capital is RMB 1.4 million. It owns an area of 46,000 sq. m, of which buildings total6,000 sq. m and workshops totalling 4,000 sq. m. There are 350 employees, including 26 managers. Thecompany has more than 200 pieces of equipment. The main products are solid-wood furniture and other woodproducts made from Scotch pine and white pine. The estimated annual output is 100,000 sets of solid-wooddining tables and chairs a year. Most products are exported to the US, Germany, UK, Malaysia, and othercountries through IKEA, which is a long-term partner of the company.Lianfa Industrial Co., Ltd (Lianfa Wood Industry)Established in 2002 and put into operation at the end of 2003, this company is located in Manzhouli. It wasestablished and is run by Hong Kong-based Lianfa Company. With a capacity of 600,000 cu. m, the companyproduced only about 30,000 cu. m of sawnwood in 2004 and consumed 100,000 cu. m of logs. Output isexpected to increase considerably in the next few years. Raw materials are imported directly from Russia,purchased in Manzhouli, or logs are processed for Japanese merchants using their own supplies. The companyhas more than 200 employees. Products produced by the company are mainly exported to Japan.Huaqiang Foreign Trade CompanyHuaqiang Foreign Trade Company is based in Manzhouli and buys timber mainly from suppliers in KrasnoyarskiyKray, Irkutskaya Oblast, and the Republic of Buryatia. The company controls timber flows coming fromNaushki, Russia, by rail through Mongolia. The company also has a subsidiary in Manzhouli.17