Plywood import from China up 97% in first half


“Malaysia was once a major supplier of plywood to China but now China’s plywood imports from Malaysia totalled just 7,760 cbm valued at US$3.73mil in the first half of 2020, ” according to the International Tropical Timber Organisation Tropical Timber Market Report (Sept 1-15). File pic shows Malaysian plywood being tested for quality before being exported.)Plywood quality tests exports

KUCHING: Malaysia, once a major supplier of plywood to China, has now become a key importer of China-made plywood.

In the first half of 2020 (1H20), China’s plywood exports to Malaysia soared 97% to 252,000 cubic metres (cbm) from that of 1H19 but the average price of of plywood Malaysian importers paid fell by 27% to US$269 per cbm.

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