THE fast-growing and highly lucrative swiftlet nests industry in Peninsular Malaysia is set to make the country the world’s second largest exporter of bird's nests, after Indonesia.
Quoting statistics compiled by the Malaysian Swiftlet Nests Harvesters Association, the Sin Chew Daily reported the number of birdhouses had increased from 158 in 1999 to about 8,000 this year, with annual sales exceeding tens of millions of ringgit.
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