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Vietnamese timber export orders fell by 50-60% in 2023

Posted on May 29, 2023 |

Since the start of 2023, Vietnamese timber and wooden furniture businesses are having many problems as export orders fell by 50-60%, cutting half of their production abilities.

In the first 4 months of 2023, the export turnover of timber and wooden products fell annually by 30.6% to $3.9 billion and the export of wooden goods fell annually by 38% to $2.6 billion.

At the same time, the import value of timber and wooden products also decreased by 33.6% to $634 million.

From January-April, Vietnamese exports of these goods to big markets saw a downfall, as in the US, exports fell by 38%, in Japan by 1.5%, in the Republic of Korea by 22%, and in China, it fell by 13%.

Orders from the US market decreased by 50-55% depending on the type of wood products and orders from the EU also fell by 60%.

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