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- Title
Viet Nam Earns $712 Million from Wood Product Exports.
- Abstract
This article reports on the export of wood products by Vietnam in the first half of 2005. According to a Vietnam exporting agency, the country earned US$712 million from wood product exports during the period, equal to 50.8 percent of the yearly plan or a 44.7 percent year-on-year rise. Wood products are primarily exported to the U.S. and European Union. This year, the country aims to earn US$1.5 billion from wood product exports. The industry has been growing at a rate of 70 percent since 2000, and its export turnover rose to more than US$1 billion in 2004 from US$202.8 million in 1999. More than 1,200 wood processing plants are operating in the country, capable of processing 2 million cubic meters of wood per year.
- Subjects
VIETNAM; WOOD products; FOREST products industry; FINANCIAL performance; EXPORTS; INTERNATIONAL trade
- Publication
Forest Products Journal, 2005, Vol 55, Issue 10, p13
- ISSN
0015-7473
- Publication type
Article