KUCHING: Indonesia, the world’s second largest exporter of tropical plywood, is expected to boost supply of the timber product this year due to the weak rupiah.
According to CIMB Research, the 20% depreciation of the rupiah against the US dollar over the past 12 months, lowers the production cost of Indonesian plywood producers.
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