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Pixabay via Picryl.com metres, valued at US$195.09 million, up 21 percent in volume
and 23 percent in value year-on-year.
• Vietnam’s exports of W&WP to Canada have been estimated
at US$28 million in July 2026, up four percent from June 2026
and 19 percent from July 2025.
In the first seven months of 2026, W&WP exports to

Canada have been estimated at US$173 million, an increase
of nine percent compared with the same period in 2025.
• Vietnam’s exports of kitchen furniture have been estimated at
US$119 million in July 2026, down 16 percent from July 2025.
from June 2026 and up nine percent from July 2025. In the first seven months of 2026, kitchen furniture exports
Of this total, WP exports amounted to US$1.05 billion, have been estimated at US$705 million, a decrease of 15
increasing by six percent month-on-month and three percent percent year-on-year.
year-on-year. • Vietnam’s imports of pine wood have been estimated at
In the first seven months of 2026, Vietnam’s W&WP exports 135,000 cubic metres in July 2026, valued at US$26.6 million.

totalled US$10.2 billion, up six percent from the same period This represented increases of 19 percent in volume and
in 2025. Of this, WP exports reached US$6.57 billion, down 13 percent in value compared with June 2026 and increases
one percent year-on-year. of 22 percent in volume and 24 percent in value compared
• Vietnam’s W&WP exports to the EU reached US$65 million with July 2025.
in July 2026, down 16 percent from June 2026 but up 26 In the first seven months of 2026, Vietnam’s pine wood
percent from July 2025. imports have been estimated at 756,300 cubic metres, valued
In the first seven months of 2026, W&WP exports to at US$148.9 million, up 29 percent in volume and 26 percent

the EU totalled US$540 million, an increase of 55.2 percent in value compared with the same period in 2025.
compared with the same period in 2025.
• Vietnam’s exports of bedroom furniture have been valued Businesses ‘thirsty’ for raw materials for added value
at US$175 million in July 2026, up five percent from June production
2026 but down two percent from July 2025. Although Vietnam's wood industry has exported to more than
During the first seven months of 2026, bedroom furniture 140 countries and territories many businesses believe that
exports totalled US$1.10 billion, down five percent year-on-year. the industry's growth potential is being limited by the raw
• Vietnam’s imports of wood raw materials from the EU have material supply issue.
been estimated at 125,000 cubic metres in July 2026, valued Mr. Pham Thanh Long, Director of Raw Material Procurement

at US$38.17 million. at Trieu Thai Son, stated that the company currently operates a
This represented increases of 11 percent in volume and deep processing plant with a capacity of approximately 15,000
11 percent in value compared with June 2026 and increases cubic metres of plywood and particleboard per month using
of 23 percent in volume and 26 percent in value compared entirely domestic raw materials and providing employment
with July 2025. for over 1,000 workers.
In the first seven months of 2026, imports of wood raw However, according to Mr. Long, the biggest challenge
materials from the EU have been estimated at 638,800 cubic currently is the lack of a stable, high-quality source of raw