Plywood exports ranked second at RM2.25 billion (21.5%) followed by sawnwood exports at RM1.47 billion (14%).
Log exports comprised just under 10% of all wood product exports at RM998 million in the first half of this year. Exports of wooden furniture were mainly from manufacturers in Peninsular Malaysia. Furniture exports from Sabah and Sarawak combined contributed barely 1% to total furniture exports.
On the other hand, Sarawak is the biggest exporter of plywood (918,286 cubic metres, or 72% of Malaysia’s total plywood export) and exporters in Sabah shipped 248,500 cubic metres accounting for another 20% of total plywood exports.
Plymills in Peninsular Malaysia shipped 102,280 cubic metres, or 8% of total plywood shipments. Peninsular Malaysia was the leading exporter of sawnwood at 636,340 cubic metres followed by Sarawak 276,080 cubic metres and Sabah 107,000.
Companies in Sarawak dominated the log export trade by Malaysia shipping around 1.4 million cubic metres, or 88.7% of total log exports in the first half of this year.
