Viet Nam''s plywood exports are growing despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Viet Nam Timber and Forest Product Association (VIFORES).
Viet Nam this year expects to gain a total export value of US$12.5 billion from timber, wooden products and forest products, up 10 per cent year on year.
The export of wood and timber products is forecast to bring in US$8 billion in 2017, posting a 17 per cent year-on-year increase and surpassing the target of $7-7.5 billion set earlier this year.
Vietnamese wood companies will not exploit, transport, process, produce or trade in illegal wood and wooden products, according to the Viet Nam Wood and Forest Association (VIFORES).
The export value of wood products is forecast to reach US$7 billion
next year, said general secretary of the Viet Nam Timber and Forest
Products Association (Vifores), Nguyen Ton Quyen.