Apr 14, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Timber industry processors in Sabah and Sarawak have been urged to increase downstream activities, as Bernama reported. The country’s commodities minister wants to see an expansion from sawn timber and plywood to furniture and other products to help national timber industry performance targets, which include a 60:40 ratio for downstream/upstream products by 2020. Commodities minister Bernard Dompok admitted the government could only do so much to encourage industry to change its practices. He said the government was open to suggestions on incentives it could provide.