Aug 20, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Exports of sawnwood from Sabah, Malaysia, in the first half of 2014 amounted to 130,360 cubic metres valued at RM 195,341,375 ($60.5 million). By comparison, Sabah exported 118,890 cubic metres of sawntimber for the first half of 2013, worth RM 175,689,389 ($54.39 million), ITTO reported.

Exports of plywood from Sabah in the first half of 2014 were 280,276 cubic metres worth RM 473,302,289 ($146.53 million). By comparison, first half 2013 exports were 329,917 cubic metres worth RM 510,739,221 ($158.12 million, down 15% drop in terms of volume and down 7.2% in value).