Sep 02, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation has indicated that the flow of logs to domestic mills has returned to normal and that the plywood mills in Sarawak, Malaysia, with a combined capacity of 4 million cubic metres, are now operating at about 70% of capacity, ITTO reported. Sarawak’s exports of plywood to South Korea, its second largest market after Japan, fell from RM107 million ($35.7 million) in the 1Q 2011 to RM55 million ($18.3 million) in the 2Q. This was due to the imposition of anti-dumping duties by the South Korea Trade Commission placed on plywood of Sarawak origin after complaints filed by the South Korean Wood Panel Association. Nevertheless, Sarawak exported RM2.1 billion ($700 million) worth of panel-products in the first half of this year compared to RM1.95 billion ($650 million) in the same period last year. The volume of panel products exported during the first half of this year was only 1.3 million cubic metres, whereas the volume exported during the same period last year totaled 1.46 million cubic metres. Taiwan P.o.C was the third largest export destination for plywood from Sarawak in the first half of this year with imports valued at RM147.5 million ($49 million) for a volume of 112,900 cubic metres. The Philippines is the fourth largest market at RM56 million ($18.7 million). Exports to countries in the Middle-East picked in the first half of the year with Egypt importing some RM40 million ($13.3 million) and Yemen importing RM31 million ($10 million).