For the first five months, timber companies in the State produced 3.24 million cubic metres of logs.
This level of log harvest works out as an average monthly production of 648,000 cubic metres. This is a smaller volume than the average monthly production of 787,500 cubic metres /month in 2012. Total log produced in 2012 was 9.45 million cubic metres and in 2011 it was 9.61 million cubic metres.
The production statistics show a decline in harvests in swamp forests. Hill species harvests amounted to 3.15 million cubic metres while the harvest of swamp species was just 530,441 cubic metres in the first five months of 2013.
For hill logs, Sibu region is the leading producer with logging conducted along the main rivers such as Rejang, Balleh and Balui in central Sarawak.
Harvests of hill species in Sibu in the first five months of the year totaled 1.32 million cubic metres or 40% of the total production in the State. Harvesting in the Bintulu region yielded 1.13 million cubic metres while harvesting in the Miri region produced 689,800 cubic metres.
From January to May 1.22 million cubic metres of meranti logs were produced and the other main species were: kapur 124,970 cubic metres, keruing 98,520 cubic metres and selangan batu 87,917 cubic metres.