The nation's export value of wood and wood products decreased by 19.1% year-on-year to RM14bil between January and August this year, compared to RM17.3bil in the same period last year. However, the Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) chairman Datuk Larry Sng Wei Shien said the decline was a global situation. “During the Covid-19 pandemic, global furniture sales had increased as more people bought furniture, but after the borders were reopened, maybe people's focus shifted to tourism or other products,” he said.