Brief introduction to forest chemicals resource in Guangxi province

Guangxi province located in the south of china, the area is rich in forest resource, more than 50% of the total land of the province was covered by various forest. The main forest chemical products in Guangxi province are gum rosin, turpentine oil, aniseed, Cassia, star aniseed, etc. after long time hard work, the province has made great improvement in forestry chemical industry, forestry chemicals products such as gum rosin, essence, spice produced by the province are highly regarded by customers both at home and abroad. At present, the total output of crude pine gum and gum rosin in the area rank on the top of whole national, annual output reaches 250 thousand tons and 180 thousand tons; half of all Chinese total export gum rosin and turpentine oil are produced by the area; a quarter of world export gum rosin come from the area. Star aniseed is one of traditional export commodities of Guangxi province, most star aniseed product in China come from the area. According to the market demand, traditional chemicals product are deeply processed in the area; more and higher value-added produced and exported to oversea market. The province has become an important forestry chemicals production base in the world.