The increase suggested that the forestry sector still recorded convincing growth amidst the global economic slowdown, Forestry Minister Zukifli Hasan said here on Wednesday,
Data from the Forestry Ministry show the processed wood production in the first semester of 2011 was still dominated by pulp with 13.5 million cu meters, followed by chip 3.8 cu meters.
Plywood which served as main export commodity in the past reached 1.36 million cu meters in the January-June 2011 period, Secretary General of the Forestry Ministry Hadi Daryanto said.
Sawn timber production in the first half of 2011 reached 373.33 thousand cu meters, followed by veneer 346.12 thousand cu meters. (*)
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