Malaysian MIFF 2019 crosses billion dollar sales mark
Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF), the industry’s largest marketplace in Southeast Asia, has topped the billion-dollar sales mark [...]
May 23, 2019
Companies in the timber industry / Latest Trends / ...Wood Furniture / Asia & Middle East
Less Malaysian plywood goes to Japan
Japan expects its imported volume of plywood from Malaysia to further decline this year because of increasing prices [...]
April 5, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Malaysian wood products exports likely to drop in 2018
The Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) is projecting a 4% decline in exports of timber and timber products for 2018 [...]
February 6, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood Furniture / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Many plywood mills in Malaysia and Indonesia stop production due to logs supply shortage
Log supply shortage is serious in both Malaysia and Indonesia, and this has forced some plywood [...]
December 18, 2018
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Rising prices for Sarawak logs
Logs prices in Sarawak significantly increased due to higher demand from neighbouring Sabah, which banned timber exports since May this [...]
October 30, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Industry Prices / Forestry / Industry Prices / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Pessimistic forecasts for Malaysian wood products industry
As the second half of 2018 approaches, analysts have projected that the wood-based manufacturing sector [...]
July 25, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Wood-based Panels / Asia & Middle East
Timber industry in Sabah might recover once with log export ban
The export of logs from Sabah, a major timber producing state, has been banned with immediate [...]
June 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Malaysia: Exports of tropical logs expected to fall sharply
Tropical logs exports from Malaysia will continue to decrease once with the fall of the logging volumes in a key [...]
April 11, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Malaysia timber exports forecast to go up by 5% in 2018
Timber exports from Malaysia are forecast to increase by 5% in 2018, from RM 23.22 billion in 2017, due [...]
February 22, 2018
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / Asia & Middle East
Malaysian industry let down by low demand for certified wood
The MTCC has released data for the last four months of 2013 on exports of wood products certified through the [...]
April 9, 2014
Market Analysis / Forestry / ...Asia & Middle East
