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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 01:14
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DEMANDS FOR WOODEN PRODUCTS FOR ROAD TRAILERS STILL HIGH
Jakarta, Oct 30 (ANTARA) - President Director of PT Mutu Agung Lestari (MAL), Arifin Lambaga said wooden products are still in high demand, especially for road trailers, despite the current glocal financial crisis.
"The demand is still high for road trailers, as Americans living in bad weather prone areas feel safer living in trailers," he said here Thursday.
The high demand should be satisfied by Indonesia's wood industry with the support of PT MAL.
He said that California Air Resources Board (CARB) would set a new standard as of January 1, 2009.
"MAL has been appointed as a certification institution for wooden products. It is possible that CARB's standards will be followed by 12 other States in the US," he said.
Arifin said the certification requirements affect Indonesian wood exports to America especially to the state of California.
Meanwhile regarding local industries, MAL had certified 10 industries. "Six companies have been certified and four others are still being considered. We are also still evaluating some companies as forest concessionairs," he said.
Since the chance for issuing certificates on forestry products in Asia and the Pacific market were increasing, MAL planned to open a branch in China. "Hopefully, it will start operating in 2009."
He also said that MAL is the only approved institution for CARB certification in Asia and the Pacific."
"The demand is still high for road trailers, as Americans living in bad weather prone areas feel safer living in trailers," he said here Thursday.
The high demand should be satisfied by Indonesia's wood industry with the support of PT MAL.
He said that California Air Resources Board (CARB) would set a new standard as of January 1, 2009.
"MAL has been appointed as a certification institution for wooden products. It is possible that CARB's standards will be followed by 12 other States in the US," he said.
Arifin said the certification requirements affect Indonesian wood exports to America especially to the state of California.
Meanwhile regarding local industries, MAL had certified 10 industries. "Six companies have been certified and four others are still being considered. We are also still evaluating some companies as forest concessionairs," he said.
Since the chance for issuing certificates on forestry products in Asia and the Pacific market were increasing, MAL planned to open a branch in China. "Hopefully, it will start operating in 2009."
He also said that MAL is the only approved institution for CARB certification in Asia and the Pacific."
