11.   Dr Lim said the new developments in the neighbouring country would provide an opportunity for Malaysian timber traders to import logs and sawn timber.

12.   He said timber companies preferred selling processed wood products such as sawn timber because it was more profitable than exporting logs.

13.   It said the wood was then processed in Laos and exported to Thailand as sawn timber.

14.   Its operations also include packaging material, panels and sawn timber and plywood.

15.   Its operations also include panels and sawn timber.

16.   Jahaya said the slightly lower figure is due to the decrease in sawn timber exports.

17.   Its downstream products include kiln-dried and air-dried sawn timber, chemically-treated sawn timber and specialised moulded timber products.

18.   Lim said Indonesia had to make readjustments following instructions from the International Monetary Fund which directed the Republic to cut down export levy on logs and sawn timber.

19.   Lim said the local timber industry was also threatened by the dumping of sawn timber and plywood from other tropical timber exporters, especially from other Southeast Asian countries.

20.   On the ban on imports of logs and sawn timber from Indonesia, Dr Lim said the ministry would review this.