July 2011, ITTO news - The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) says that there are 5 million ha. of certified tropical forest in Malaysia, making this the world’s largest on record.

Only 10% of the world’s commercial forests, that is 375 million ha. have been certified to date. About 53.8% of the certified forests are in North America, 34.4% in EU countries and a mere 2.1% in the Asia-Pacific region.

Malaysia is also one of the leading exporters of certified timber products with monthly exports of up to 7,000 cu.m of certified timber products, mainly in the form of laminated finger-jointed products, plywood, sawnwood and timber mouldings.

Up to March 2011 a total of 463,730 cu.m of certified timber products have been exported to 22 countries.