Malaysian Timber Industry Board

Objective
MTIB is responsible for initiating development of the various sectors of the timber industry and providing technical, marketing and other forms of assistance to ensure their continued growth within a rapidly industrialising Malaysian economy.

As specifically provided by the Act, MTIB objectives include:

• To further enhance industrialisation and upgrading of the timber industry with emphasis on value-added processing.
• To promote and improve the markets and marketing of timber products.
• To facilitate and strengthen the development of SMEs.
• To develop and promote standard in quality timber products.
• To foster orderliness in timber trade.

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Function

• To regulate and control the trade in, and the marketing and distribution of timber;
• To promote and improve the trade in, and markets for timber;
• To co-ordinate activities for effective marketing and shipping of timber;
• To encourage effective utilization of timber with emphasis on product diversification and to promote improvement and economy in the methods of processing timber;
• To provide technical advisory services and training required to assist in the development of existing timber industries and the establishment of new industries;
• To assist the timber industries in the marketing of timber;
• To organize and assist in the consolidation of the small-scale timber industries and the closer integration of the activities of the timber industries generally, so as to achieve greater efficiency in, and secure a stronger base for, the timber industry as a whole;
• To gather information on and maintain records of all relevant matters relating to the timber industry; and
• Generally to do everything within the scope of the objectives for the betterment and proper conduct of the timber industry
  

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