USD 5.7 billion in 2011⁵
2.0% of the GDP in 2011⁵
36^th highest exporter of EUTR products globally in 2015 by weight (kg)⁶
18^nd highest exporter of EUTR products globally in 2015 by value (USD)⁶

483 thousand hectares of tree cover loss in 2017⁷
Average of 496 thousand hectares per year 2013–2017⁷
Sabah: 1.3 million hectares 2001-2016⁷
Sarawak: 2.5 million hectares 2001-2016⁷
Peninsular Malaysia: 2.9 million hectares 2001-2016⁷

National FSC certification: 755 584 hectares (2018)⁸
Sabah PEFC certification: 123429 hectares (2017)
Sarawak PEFC certification: 159 919 hectares (2017)
Peninsular Malaysia PEFC certification: 3.8 million hectares (2017)
FSC & PEFC certification: 126 940 hectares (2016)⁹

FSC certification: 182 CoC certificates (2018)⁸
PEFC certification: 356 CoC certificates (2017)¹⁰

Natural forests: Mersawa (Anisoptera spp.), keledang (Artocarpus spp.), bintangor (Calophyllum spp.), keruing (Dipterocarpus spp.), mengkulang (Heritiera spp.),merbau (Intsia spp.), kempas (Koompassia malaccensis), changal (Neobalanocarpus heimii), nyatoh (Palaquium spp.), gerutu (Parashorea spp.), kasai (Pometia spp.), kembang semangkok (Scaphium spp.), sepetir (Sindora spp.), balau/red balau/yellow meranti/dark red meranti (Shorea spp.), merpauh (Swintonia spp.)and kelat (Syzygium spp.)¹¹^,¹²

 Plantations: Acacia (Acacia spp.), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) and rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis)¹¹

68 species (all Appendix II): Aquilaria beccariana, A. hirta, A. malaccensis, A. microcarpa, A. rostrata; Dalbergia beccarii, D. bintuluensis, D. boehmii, D. borneensis, D. candenatensis, D. canescens, D. curtisii, D. discolor, D. falcata, D. havilandii, D. hoseana, D. hullettii, D. junghuhnii, D. kostermansii, D. kunstleri, D. latifolia, D. menoeides, D. mimosella, D. oliveri, D. parviflora, D. pinnata, D. pseudo-sissoo, D. richardsii, D. rimosa, D. rostrata, D. sandakanensis, D. scortechinii, D. sissoo, D. stercoracea, D. stipulacea, D. velutina; Diospyros ferrea; Gonystylus acuminatus, G. affinis, G. areolatus, G. augescens, G. bancanus, G. borneensis, G. brunnescens, G. calophylloides, G. calophyllus, G. confusus, G. consanguineus, G. costalis, G. decipiens, G. eximius, G. forbesii, G.keithii, G. lucidulus, G. macrophyllus, G. maingayi, G. micranthus, G. miquelianus, G. nervosus, G. nobilis, G. othmanii, G. pendulus, G. spectabilis, G. stenosepalus, G. velutinus, G. xylocarpus; Taxus chinensis, T. wallichiana¹³

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*Key to HS codes: 4401 = fuel wood; 4407 = sawn wood; 4409 = continuously shaped wood; 4412 = plywood and veneered panels; 47 = wood pulp; 48 = paper and paper products

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Illegal trade

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Malaysia’s forestry management and legislation

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[1] The following list may not be exhaustive and is intended as a guide only on relevant legislation.

[2] The following list may not be exhaustive and is intended as a guide only on required documents.

References

1. FAO. FAO Country Profiles: Malaysia. (2018). Available at: http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=MYS. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
2. FAO. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. Desk reference. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015)
3. UNEP-WCMC. Protected Area Profile for Malaysia from the World Database of Protected Areas. (2018). Available at: https://protectedplanet.net/country/MYS. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
4. EU FLEGT Facility. VPA countries: Malaysia. (2018). Available at: http://www.euflegt.efi.int/malaysia. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
5. FAO. Contribution of the forestry sector to national economies, 1990-2011. (FAO, 2014)
6. United Nations Statistics Division. UN Comtrade Database. (2018). Available at: https://comtrade.un.org/data/. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
7. Global Forest Watch. Malaysia Country Profile. (2018). Available at: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/country/MYS. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
8. FSC. Facts & Figures June 2018. (FSC, 2018)
9. FSC & PEFC. Estimated total global double certified area FSC/PEFC. (FSC and PEFC, 2017)
10. PEFC. PEFC Global Certification: Forest Management & Chain of Custody. (2017). Available at: https://www.pefc.org/resources/webinar/747-pefc-global-certification-forest-management-chain-of-custody. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
11. European Timber Trade Federation. Country Profile Malaysia. (2018). Available at: http://www.timbertradeportal.com/countries/malaysia/. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
12. Malaysian Timber Council. Malaysian Timber Council: selected Malaysian timber species. (2017). Available at: http://www.mtc.com.my/resources-TechnicalInfo.php. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
13. UNEP-WCMC. Species+. (2018). Available at: https://www.speciesplus.net/. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
14. World Justice Project. Rule of Law Index 2017. (2018). Available at: http://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
15. Transparency International. Corruption Perceptions Index 2017. (2018). Available at: https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2017#table. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
16. Fund for Peace. Fragile States Index 2018. (2018). Available at: http://fundforpeace.org/fsi/. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)
17. Freedom House. Freedom in the World. (2018). Available at: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2018. (Accessed: 2nd July 2018)