MWBFA urges streamlined export procedures

MYANMAR Wood-Based Furniture Association (MWBFA) requested easing export procedures for locally made value-added furniture and floor­ing worth below $500 to the Department of For­est, said U Aung Kyaw Moe, vice chair of the association.

 

“MWBFA called for reducing red tape to the Department of Forest so that there would be no need to seek permits of the related departments if furniture including chairs, tables are worth below $500. We primarily export high-quality teak furniture as well as flooring substituting parquet. The flooring is made of ironwood, shorea and sal,” he elaborated.

 

Myanmar yearly exports furniture and val­ue-added flooring to India, Singapore and Japan. The domestic furniture industries sourced raw materials including teak through an auction of the Myanma Timber Enterprise. Furthermore, MWBFA also conducts a timber sales agreement with Myanma Timber Enterprise in which the State-owned enterprise has a legal right to the commercial sale of value-added timber products manufactured by the MWBFA, attaching the MTE logo. The enterprise resells them to depart­ments, hotels or domestic buyers. — ASH/KK