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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Main Author:	Liong, Kang Wee
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Furniture - Malaysia - Economic aspects - Case studies
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10113/1/FH_2002_19.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.101132024-03-13T06:47:50Z Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters 2002-10 Liong, Kang Wee 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 Furniture - Malaysia - Economic aspects - Case studies 2002-10 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10113/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10113/1/FH_2002_19.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Furniture - Malaysia - Economic aspects - Case studies Faculty of Forestry Jusoh, Mohd Zin English
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description	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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title	Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters
title_short	Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters
title_full	Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters
title_fullStr	Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters
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Performance of Malaysian Wooden Furniture Industry Against Global Exporters

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