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December 18, 2018

Many plywood mills in Malaysia and Indonesia stop production due to logs supply shortage

  Log supply shortage is serious in both Malaysia and Indonesia, and this has forced some plywood mills to halt production.  “Log shortage in Malaysia and Indonesia is grave and plywood mills struggle to keep their operations.  “High log cost and low sales prices (of plywood products) put all the plywood mills in Malaysia and Indonesia in life or death situation,” according to the Japan Lumber Report (JLR).  In Sabah, the report said Sinora Sdn Bhd has stopped plywood manufacturing because of log supply shortage. “Sinora has been supplying about 4,000 cubic ...

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