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M'sian Minister Urges Furniture Industry Players To Collaborate To Achieve Export Earning Target
KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 (Bernama) -- The furniture industry players have been urged to collaborate to achieve the RM53 billion export earning target for
timber and timber products by 2020 under the National Timber Industry Policy.
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, said Malaysia's timber and timber product exports rose by 6.3 per cent to RM21.7 billion in 2015 from RM20.4 billion in 2014.
"The industry players need to continuously innovate to retain their competitiveness," he said at the opening of the Export Furniture Exhibition 2016 here Saturday.
The text of his speech was read by the ministry's Secretary-General, Dr Sundaran Annamalai
Uggah said the players should also enhance the ability to produce high-quality, creative and innovative furniture products in order to attract a wider segment of buyers, and to suit the current lifestyles.
-- BERNAMA