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Wood exports continue expanding in first months of 2018

An upturn has been seen in exports of wood and wooden products, with export value in the first five months of 2018 reaching 3.3 billion USD, up 8.2 percent from the same period last year.
Wood exports continue expanding in first months of 2018 ảnh 1Vietnamese wooden furniture showcased in an exhibition (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – An upturn has been seen in exports of wood andwooden products, with export value in the first five months of 2018 reaching3.3 billion USD, up 8.2 percent from the same period last year.

The top four markets were the US, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea(RoK), together accounting for 78.1 percent of total export revenue. Stronggrowth was seen in the RoK and the US markets, with 45.3 percent and 9.7percent respectively.

In the first four months of 2018, Vietnam earned 1.1 billion USD fromexporting wood and wooden products to the US, 367.3 million USD from China,350.7 million USD from Japan and 288.8 million USD from the RoK.

However, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, President of the Handicraftand Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City, warnedthat the US, the largest market for Vietnamese wood and wooden products, hasprioritised the domestic wood sector by reducing corporate income tax from 35percent to 25 percent. He advised Vietnamese firms to supply different productsfrom those produced en masse in the US.

Global demand for wooden furniture is rising, while producing woodenproducts is a strength of Vietnam.

Statistics from Canada showed that imports of wooden furniture of Canadain the first months of 2018 rose sharply, mostly from China, the US and Vietnam.Highest growth was seen in imports from Vietnam, accounting for 12.6 percent oftotal import revenue of the product.

Meanwhile, Japan’s imports of wooden furniture dropped in both volumeand value. But Japan reduced imports from China and bought more products fromVietnam, resulting in an increase of 0.8 percentage point in Vietnam’s marketshare in Japan. This shows that Vietnamese wooden furniture has met regulationsin the Japanese market.

Japan issued a Clean Wood Act in May 2017 to ensure the origins ofwooden products sold in the country. This requires Vietnamese firms to ensurethe legal and sustainable wood materials for products exported to Japan.

A study by Technavio, a market research firm with global coverage,showed office wooden furniture  exports willexpand 3.71 percent in 2017-2021 due to rising demand for high-end, assembledand environmentally friendly products.

In this context, Vietnamese firms should improve the design and qualityof their products to match market trends and increase export revenue.

Khanh said that the panorama of the sector in 2018 and following years isbright, adding that increasing global market share will be easier for Vietnamas major producers are switching their focus to other industries. The objectiveof Vietnamese firms is to take advantage of this opportunity.-VNA
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