LOGS CONTRIBUTE 42% OF SARAWAK'S EXPORTS LAST YEAR
(Sarawak Tribune, 3rd March '95)
SIB - The timber sector, in the first eleven months of last year,
contributed 42 percent (RM5,122.9 million) of the state's total
exports which amounted to RM 12, 039.5million.
According to statistics fromt he Sarawak Timber Association (STA),
the export value of logs and timber products from Sarawak last year
comprised logs (RM2, 367.2 million), sawn timber (RM1, 025.9 million),
plywood (RM1,277.3 million), veneer (RM406.3 million), moulding
(RM19.5 million) and dowels (RM26.6 million).
For 1993, the total export value was RM5, 137.8 million.
The total log production for 1994 was estimated to be 16.3 million
cubic metres which was lower by 200, 000 cubic metres than the given
production quota of 16.5 million cubic metres.
The reason for the difference was due to the bad weather conditions
over the year which hampered logging operations.
Of the amount, about 7.7 million cubic metres were allocated for
local processing.
>From the total estimated log production last year (16.3 million
cubic metres) hill logging made up 12.9 million cubic metres while
swamp logging totalled 3.4 million cubic metres. The total log
production last year was a decrease from 1990 to 1993.
In 1993, the total logs produced were 16.7 million cubic metres,
in 1992 18.8 million cubic metres, in 1991 19.4 million cubic
metres and in 1990 18.8 million cubic metres.
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