Increase in wood and timber export


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BANTING: Export of wood and timber-based products have been lucrative for the country with an increase by 20.7% in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.She added that the exported products were worth RM12bil.

The five main wood products that are exported comprised furniture (RM5.54bil), plywood (RM1.54bil), sawn timber (RM1.16bil), wood fibre (RM350mil), and wood mouldings (RM520mil).

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