Study of Timber Market of Malaysia and Its Impact on the Economy and Employment

Abstract

I S S N 2 3 4 9 -0837 V o l u m e 7 N u m b e r 3 J o u r n a l o f A d v a n c e s i n A g r i c u l t u r e 1109 | P a g e h t t p s : / / c i r w o r l d . c o m S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 STUDY OF TIMBER MARKET OF MALAYSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT ABSTRACTThis article presents the state of the global wood markets, which shows the evolution of forest resources and margins on the timber market over time. The underlying case has been discussed and discussed. Alternative scenarios are presented that allow one to consider some important questions about the behavior of the wood market and the future supply of industrial wood.(1) What happens along the northern and tropical margin? (2) What is the role of wood plantations? and (3) How should management change in the Malaysian market change? The baseline situation suggests that both prices and crop communities are growing in 150 years, with the largest harvest coming from existing and emerging plantations. Future harvest returns will result mainly from intensified management, through additional plantation and higher levels of management in selected forests rather than higher yields in inaccessible forests. Prices and harvest are most sensitive to alternative needs (paper, firewood) and scenarios for creating new plantations and less vulnerable to the costs of access to remote forests.

Physical Properties of Rice Husk-Pine Wood Particleboard

“…Only a few amounts of rice husk have been used to produce brick, for generating heat for rice dryers, and for gasifiers and steam engines used to power rice mills. Many construction industries had used rice husk as raw material because of its low bulk density (90 -150 kg/m 3 ), abrasive in nature, high availability, toughness, unique composition, and resistance to weathering [4].As the demand to utilize wood-based products were increase because solid wood has the basic features which are more competitively than other materials [5]. In order to ensure the raw material can be supplied continuously, had led to…”

“…As the demand to utilize wood-based products were increase because solid wood has the basic features which are more competitively than other materials [5]. In order to ensure the raw material can be supplied continuously, had led to…”

Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: An Analysis on Policy Variables in the Malaysian Manufacturing Industry

“…For wood industry, however, the insignificance of domestic investments in this study can be related to the findings by Umachandran and Sawicka (2017) that highlighted a declining domestic tropical timber production and conversion of rubber plantations to oil palm, thus forcing Malaysia to take definitive steps so as to safeguard its timber-based industries. Therefore, FDI to the timber sector might be hindered as there is insufficient capital or "no capital-strength" to produce timber production in the host country and it likely causes the opportunity for FDI to generate profits to decline.…”

Regional Economic Impacts of Natural Resources: The Case of Petroleum, and Forestry and Logging in Sarawak

“…There are number of studies that measure economic impacts of the forestry and logging industry at national levels using econometric and input-output models. For example, descriptive economic analysis linking timber industry in Malaysia with trade and macroeconomic impacts is available (see Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2010; Zubaidah et al, 2014;Norman, 2016;Umachandran and Sawicka, 2017). Shahwahid (1992) analysed the direct and indirect effects of timber exports on output, value added, employment creation and commodity tax.…”