China Forestry Trade Mission: A Path for Florida Timber This full-color, 52-page booklet is designed for those in the Florida timber industry. It presents marketing and distribution information obtained by a Florida trade delegation in May 2002 during its visit to the People's Republic of China to explore opportunities for exporting Florida wood products. Florida's forests generate nearly $9 billion for the state's economy and inject nearly $1.3 billion annually in payroll receipts. There are more than 1,000 wood and paper product manufacturing sites in Florida. The forest products industry employs over 60,000 Floridians, and forest products manufacturers support another 72,000 jobs.