Overview of timber sector of Cambodia

Supply chain actors

Based on the annual report by MAFF in 2017, there are 42 mill companies being operated for processed wood and timber in the country. Some of the main companies are: Think Biotech, Camagra Investment Group, and Angkor Plywood. The mills are mainly located within the Economic Land Concession (ELC) areas and process timber deriving from land clearing activities. Some mill companies are also established outside concession areas and use timber purchased from domestic suppliers. Those mills mainly produce processed wood, furniture, wood carving, souvenir, wood chip, plywood and veneer to supply domestic market and export (FA, 2011).

Production and processing

Export

Cambodia exported around 13,410m³ of roundwood in 2020. According to the calculations of the International Trade Center in 2019, Cambodia exported wood products such as plywood, veneered panel, and similar laminated wood to the main destination markets in the USA (92.7%), China (5.7%), Vietnam (0.8%), Canada (0.3%), Chinese Taipei (0.1%) and Singapore (0.1%). The total export value of primary timber products accounts for about 190 million US dollars.

Logistics infrastructure

Cambodia has two international ports which are Phnom Penh Port and Sihanoukville Port. Most of wood production is harvested and transported locally by traders or private companies by using trucks from the source areas to designated international border gates for the export to neighboring countries, Thailand and Vietnam or to the ports for other international destinations.

Data table

ITTO (2021), data 2020