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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2026, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (4): 206-216.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20250280

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Booster or Drag? The Export Embodied Carbon Effect of Position Upgrading in the Global Value Chain of China’s Wood Industry

Lichun Xiong1,2,3,Minxin Shang2,Zhe Hou2,Fengting Wang1,2,3,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Ecological Civilization, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University Hangzhou 311300
    2. School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University Hangzhou 311300
    3. Zhejiang Rural Revitalization Research Institute, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University Hangzhou 311300
  • Received:2025-05-08 Online:2026-04-15 Published:2026-04-11
  • Contact: Fengting Wang E-mail:fengtingwang@zafu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Objective: This study aims to clarify whether the effect of embodied carbon in exports associated with upgrading global value chain (GVC) status is a booster or a drag, providing a scientific basis for balancing industrial upgrading and carbon neutrality goals, and helping China in taking strategic initiative in the global green value chain reconstruction. Method: Based on panel data from 30 trading partner countries of China from 2007 to 2021, multidimensional indicators were constructed to assess GVC status and embodied carbon intensity in trade. Fixed-effects models and mechanism testing models were employed to empirically examine the relationship between the GVC status of the timber industry and embodied carbon emissions in export trade, and the underlying mechanisms. Result: The upgrading of China’s timber industry’s in GVC status significantly inhibits the intensity of embodied carbon emissions in export trade. Scale, structure, and technological level are key pathways for emission reduction. After a series of robustness tests and endogeneity treatments, this conclusion remains valid, with significant regional heterogeneity observed. The inhibitory effect is stronger in developed nations and smaller trading partners. Conclusion: The upgrading of China’s timber industry in the GVC status can effectively inhibit the embodied carbon emission intensity of export trade. Therefore, efforts should be made to enhance the GVC status of China’s timber industry and vigorously exert the synergistic role of scale effect, structural optimization, and technological upgrading.

Key words: timber industry, global value chain status, embodied carbon emissions in export trade, trade value-added decomposition method

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