Traditional importers of the Vietnamese products include the US, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the UK, according to the General Department of Forestry.

In 2011, the country’s timber output reached 5.5 million cu.m, of which 5.1 million cu.m were logged from artificial forests.

Vietnam also imported around US$1.3 billion worth of timber and forest product materials, mainly from China, Malaysia and the US.