Dong Nai's wood exports surge 7% despite pandemic

11:10, 08/10/2020

(ĐN)- Though the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the wooden processing industry, Dong Nai earned more than US$1.1 billion from the export of forestry products in the first nine months of 2020, according to Department of Industry and Trade.

 

(ĐN)- Though the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the wooden processing industry, Dong Nai earned more than US$1.1 billion from the export of forestry products in the first nine months of 2020, according to Department of Industry and Trade.

This amount is a 7% year-on-year increase and accounts for 8.6% of the province’s total export turnover.

In September only, the export value of wood and wooden products was some US$172 million, a 6.8% month-on-month rise.

The United States, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the UK and Australia remained key importers of local forestry products in the nine-month period, with a total value of nearly US$1.05 billion, or 95% of the province’s forestry export value.

Reported by L.P