Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters
This study attempts to investigate export direction and growth of Malaysian wooden furniture compared to five world's leading exporters, China and selected countries from Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia). These countries were chosen because they are of great potential of thei...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10113/1/FH_2002_19.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study attempts to investigate export direction and growth of Malaysian
wooden furniture compared to five world's leading exporters, China and selected
countries from Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia). These countries were
chosen because they are of great potential of their steadily increasing export of superior
quality wooden furniture. Four categories of wooden furniture were focused on for the
analyses which were wooden furniture used in (1) office, (2) kitchen, (3) bedroom and (4)
other wooden furniture. The statistical data for import and export from 1994 - 1998 were
collected from the International Trade Center (COMTRADE). A share structural analysis
was employed to analyze the export trend whilst the export performance was examined
using constant market share (CMS) approach.
In 1998, Malaysia ranked fifth and seventh in the world ranking of wooden
furniture export leaders for office and other wooden furniture, respectively. The United
States (US), Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK) were among the largest
destination for Malaysian wooden furniture. In contrast, most of the exports of wooden |
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