The bamboo industry holds great export potential.
MALAYSIA is well known for being a major exporter of timber and timber-related products, but not many may know about bamboo-based products, which have a strong growth potential for export.
There are 70 bamboo species in Malaysia, with 20 of the world’s best species found in the country’s native forests, including Beting, Semantan and Tumpat among others.
Bamboo is a commodity used by one third of the world’s population as an important material for house-building. It was also traditionally used for the making of rafts that function as an important medium of transportation and used by communities in agriculture, construction, arts and crafts and furniture among others.