The Shanghai office will serve the demand for market information about China’s forest products industry and provide a platform for sales of RISI products into the rapidly growing Chinese market.

“Our new location in China will support aggressive growth plans to deliver the market intelligence our customers’ need to gain insight into the rapidly expanding China market,” said RISI’s Keith Balter.

Short-term plans include the completion of several new multi-client studies about China, collecting price information for the Chinese market and recruiting additional analytical staff.