February 9, 1998
Plantation Project In China
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
ITOCHU Corporation.
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd and ITOCHU Corporation have agreed with United Point Investment (UPI - a subsidiary of Thailand investment group in Hong Kong mainly promoting international trade of machinery, food stuff and seaport equipment) to form a forest company to develop the plantation in China.
This is the first project of plantation in China by a Japanese firm, and the sixth plantation project by Nippon Paper Industries following the similar project in Chile, Australia and South Africa.
Profile of forest company; | |
Company name | Crown Million Yangjiang Forestry Ltd. |
Location | Yangjiang City, China |
Establishment | January 24, 1998 |
Initial investment | Approximately U.S.$2 million One third each by Nippon Paper, ITOCHU, and UPI |
Forest land | Within 90 kilometer from Yangjiang port. Plantation of eucalyptus tree at the harvested area of planted pine trees |
Schedule | Plantation starts in 1998 and harvest in 2003 |
Size of plantation | Initially 2000 ha and target 10,000 ha |
The plantation of eucalyptus by UPI is in place at 6,700 ha about 100 kilometer North of Yangjiang port, and Nippon Paper and ITOCHU started already to import woodchip of eucalyptus from the said area.
Both companies are aiming to secure chip supply from these self-developed resource.