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freepik annual average share exported to India was 5.12 percent, and
the value of export trade increased from US$125.5 million in
1998 to US$875.0 million in 2018. The share of wood forest
products exported to the rest of the countries was low, with
an average annual share of less than fve percent.

Product Quality
The quality level of wood-based panels in export is the
highest, followed by the quality level of paper products, and
the quality level of wood furniture is the lowest.
Regarding various products, the quality level of exported
wood-based panels presented a discernible upward trend;
the quality value rose from 0.450 in 1998 to 0.545 in 2017,
increasing by 21.11 percent.
From 1998 to 2006, the quality level of wood-based

panels in export increased rapidly, and the quality level was
the highest in 2006, with a quality value of 0.617. From 2006
to 2008, affected by the fnancial crisis, the quality level of
exported wood-based panels fuctuated drastically.
However, from 2008 to 2017, the quality level of exported
downward trend. From 1998 to 2018, its proportion decreased wood-based panels remained stable. In contrast, the quality
from 34.52 percent to 8.23 percent, with an average annual level of paper products in export fuctuated slightly, and the

proportion of 13 percent. quality increased slightly, rising from 0.366 in 1998 to 0.389
Conversely, the export value rose from US$69.4 million in in 2017 with an increase of 6.28 percent, and the average
1998 to US$1043.4 million in 2018. The share of wood forest quality level was always between 0.35 and 0.40 throughout
products exported to Malaysia was the next highest, with a the years.
more stable share, accounting for 9.36 percent on an annual There was no signifcant change in the quality level of
average, and the export value rose from US$22.3 million in exported wood furniture; the quality value was between 0.2
1998 to US$1160.2 million in 2018. and 0.25, with a slight decrease from 1998 to 2001, as well
The proportion of wood forest products exported to the as remaining stable after a small increase from 2001 to 2005,
UAE was also higher, with an overall upward trend. From but the quality was always at a level.

1998 to 2018, its proportion rose from 4.01 percent to 7.08 The standard deviation of the quality of three main
percent, with an annual average proportion of 8.21%, and the exported wood forest products exhibited a U-shaped trend of
export value rose from US$8.1 million in 1998 to US$897.2 initial decline followed by an increase. This indicated that the
million in 2018. difference in product quality within the industry frst narrowed
Wood forest products exported to Thailand accounted for and then widened.
5.54 percent on an annual basis, and their export value rose When new products entered the market, enterprises
from US$14.2 million in 1998 to US$652.1 million in 2018. The within the industry were forced to follow suit, resulting in a