Tight supply woes for Malaysian plywood players
Tightness in supply has driven the export prices of hardwood plywood manufactured in Sarawak to surge [...]
August 24, 2022
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Malaysia expects $2.4bn timber trade opportunities at Expo Dubai 2020
The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) is eyeing some AED8.8 billion ($2.4 billion) in trade opportunities during the Sustainable [...]
January 27, 2022
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2020 performance in the Malaysian timber industry
The Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) has reported last year’s performance of the timber sector. Exports were [...]
March 15, 2021
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Malaysian plywood industry faces timber shortage
Malaysia’s plywood export prices to key Japan market have firmed up due to tight supply of logs for manufacturing [...]
March 1, 2021
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Malaysian timber companies facing the pandemic
A recently released report details the upheavals experienced by the timber industry during the Movement Control Order (MCO) first implemented [...]
July 13, 2020
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Sarawak logs and plywood losing market shares in Asia
Sarawak is gradually losing its logs and plywood market shares in key India and Japan markets as it could not [...]
June 19, 2020
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Malaysia’s wood pellet sector in uncertainty
Malaysia's wood pellet sector remains in a state of uncertainty despite an easing of Covid-19 restrictions [...]
May 15, 2020
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Malaysia coronavirus lockdown hurts wood pellet output
Malaysia extended a countrywide lockdown by two weeks to 14 April to combat the spread of the coronavirus, a move [...]
March 27, 2020
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Exports of wood products from Sarawak down sharply this year
The export value of Sarawak’s wood products has decreased by 12 percent in the first nine months of the [...]
October 23, 2019
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Plywood production in Malaysia threatened by declining log supplies and rising costs
The media in Sarawak recently highlighted the impact declining log production and rising production costs are [...]
July 30, 2019
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