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COUNTRY REPORT

WOOD & WOOD- BASE PRODUCT WORKI NG GROUP

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MEETI NG I N BANGKOK, THAI LAND

ASEAN Consultative

VI ETNAM

STAMEQ

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http:/ / w w w .tcvn.gov.vn

Tel: 4 – 7 791 1606

Fax: 4 – 7 915 595

Present by Nguyen Le Thi

Head of Inspection Division No. 6

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OVERVI EW OF WOOD &

WOOD- BASED I NDUSTRI ES

Total turnover in first 6 months of year

2005

exporting wood and wood-based product

has reached USD 721 million

;

importing wood materials in first 6 months of year 2005 has

reached USD 286 million

Expecting Total turnover in exporting furniture is 1.5

billion USD in 2005

Total turnover has reached 1.3 billion USD in 11

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1.

OVERVI EW OF WOOD &

WOOD- BASED I NDUSTRI ES

Most of main furniture products are for

outdoor, indoor, and wardrobe.

The government did not allow to using the

wood from natural forest for making saw

timber

US is the biggest market, the second is Japan

and the following is EU

Most of the company/ factory import or

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2.

STANDARDS AND

CONFORMI TY ASSESSMENT

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural

Development ( MARD)

Science and Technology Department;

Directorate for Standards and Quality

( STAMEQ)

Bureau of Accreditation (BoA)

Quality Assurance and Testing Centre 1, 2, 3

(QUATEST 1, 2, 3)

Vietnam Certification Services (QUACERT)

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2.

STANDARDS AND

CONFORMI TY ASSESSMENT

Bureau of Accreditation (BoA)

Members of international organizations: I LAC, APLAC, PAC

Signatories to I LAC and APLAC MRAs for VI LAS scheme

Vietnam Certification Services (QUACERT)

The direct evaluation and recognition by

JAS-ANZ

The founder of International Accreditation Forum (

IAF

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Quality Assurance and Testing Centre 1, 2, 3 (QUATEST 1, 2, 3)

Accredited by VI LAS, VI AS, VI CAS

Vietnam Standard Centre (VSC)

To cooperate w ith international, regional and foreign

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3. DEVELOPMENT &PROGRESS STATUS OF

STANDARD & CONFORMI TY ASSESSMENT

Vietnam has three kinds of standards, namely National

Standards, Ministerial Standards, and Company Standards

National Standards carried out by STAMEQ.

Ministerial Standards concerned to wood carried out

by MARD

In

regards to wood and wood-based products, there

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Status of implementation for each National Standard

and Ministerial Standard: basically is voluntary

Review status

National Standard (TCVN): Revised by STAMEQ but up to

now, there is no standard was revised from date of issuing

Ministerial Standards: Some of standards were revised by

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Existing and new national policy for national

standard which may influence the

Wood-Based Sector

the general standards: such as definition and

classifications, general characteristics, dimensions

will be aligned to standards of I SO

the other standards: in consideration and may be

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4.

TECHNI CAL REGULATI ONS

Vietnam has no regulation for

imported wood and wood-based

products but shall be applied the

regulation for exported products

Decree from government: required

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5.

OTHER RELEVANT I NFORMATI ON

As the exporter country of wood-based

products, Vietnam has to fulfill demands of

exporting consumers

Vietnam has to import raw materials due to

natural forest is limited and the plant forest is

not so much

EU is used to use the softwood but quite

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Third Meeting of the Product Working Group of ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Conformance (ACCSQ),

Bangkok – Thailand, 15-16 December 2005

Country Report: VIETNAM

1. OVERVIEW OF WOOD-BASED INDUSTRIES

Total turnover of exporting wood and wood-based product in first 6 months of year 2005 has reached USD 721 million, increase up to 44.7% as same period of year 2004. Total turnover of importing wood materials in first 6 months of year 2005 has reached USD 286 million, increase up to 31.8% as same period of year 2004.

As expecting in 2005, total turnover in exporting furniture is 1.5 billion USD. Total turnover has reached 1.3 billion USD in 11 months in 2005. Most of main furniture products are for outdoor, indoor, and wardrobe, that in producing from kinds of imported wood such as: pine, beech, and rubber, rose-wood. In Vietnam, until now, the government did not allow to using the wood from natural forest for making saw timber so that almost raw materials to produced furniture must be imported.

Table 1: Output of Saw Timber in Vietnam

Year 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002

Output, m3 2,793 2,122 2,376 2,397 2,428

US is the biggest market for exporting wood-based products from Vietnam, the second is Japan and the following is EU countries such as Britain, France, and Germany, etc

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Table 2: The main markets for exporting wood-based products from Vietnam by May, 2005

Unit: USD million

No.

Market May, 2005 From Jan to May, 2005

From Jan to May,

2004 Difference, %

1 US 39.644 191.312 87.218 119,35

2 Japan 15.592 87.542 65.444 33,77 3 Britain 8.609 58.182 53.182 9,40 4 Germany 3.924 36.487 24.910 46,48 5 France 3.356 29.978 21.480 39,56 6 Netherlands 2.685 23.989 16.842 42,44

7 China 7.193 22.811 7.811 192,03

8 Korea 3.817 19.172 12.876 48,90

9 Spain 2.598 15.261 9.538 60,00

10 Taiwan 2.802 15.156 22.513 -32,68 11 Australia 2.693 11.950 9.835 21,51 12 Belgium 1.720 10.108 8.607 17,44

13 Italia 849 8.645 5.266 64,15

14 Denmark 754 7.261 8.546 -15,03

15 Sweden 706 7.011 4.904 42,97

16 Canada 1.912 6.932 4.344 59,57

17 Greek 714 5.671 3.962 43,13

18 Holland 252 5.647 4.844 16,58

2. LATEST INFORMATION FROM ALL RELATED INSTITUTIONS IN REGARD TO STANDARDS AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

a) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

- Science and Technology Department

b) Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ)

- Bureau o

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-- Quality Assurance and Testing Centre 1, 2, 3 (QUATEST 1, 2, 3)

- Vietnam Certification Services (QUACERT)

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3. DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS STATUS OF STANDARD AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT IN THE WOOD BASED SECTOR

Vietnam has three kinds of standards, namely National Standards, Ministerial Standards, and Company Standards. Development, endorsement and implementation of National Standards in Vietnam have been carried out by STAMEQ. Ministerial Standards concerned to wood have been carried out by MARD.

In regards to wood and wood-based products, there are about 48 standards for wood-based products (to include standards for sawn-timber, plywood, panel, flooring, etc.) were shown in Table 3 and Table 4 as below.

a) Current National Standards in the wood-based sector, including product category, institution concerned and its references:

Table 3: Current National Standards in the wood-based sector

Name of standard Description Institution

concerned Its references

WOOD

TCVN 356 : 1970

Wood. Sampling method and general requirements for mechanical and physical tests

STAMEQ

TCVN 367 : 1970 Wood. Determination of

shearing strength STAMEQ

TCVN 1072 : 1971

Wood. Classification after mechanical and physical characteristics

STAMEQ

TCVN 1074 : 1986 Wood quality ranking by

defects STAMEQ

TCVN 1076 : 1986 Sawn wood. Terms and

definitions STAMEQ TCVN 1075 : 1971 Sawn timber. Dimension STAMEQ

TCVN 1758 : 1986 Sawn timber quality ranking

by defects STAMEQ

TCVN 1283 : 1986 Round timber. Cubing table STAMEQ

TCVN 360 : 1970 Wood. Determination of water

absorption and elongation STAMEQ TCVN 361 : 1970 Water absorption and swelling STAMEQ

TCVN 358 : 1970

Wood. Determination of humidity in mechanical-physical test

STAMEQ

TCVN 359 - 1970 Wood. Determination of water

absorption STAMEQ

TCVN 368 - 1970 Wood. Determination of

resistance to separation STAMEQ

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hardness STAMEQ

longitudinal strength STAMEQ

compression strength STAMEQ

TCVN 365 : 1970

Wood. Determination of ultimate strength in static bending

STAMEQ

TCVN 367 : 1970 Wood. Determination of Shear

strength STAMEQ

volume mass STAMEQ

TCVN 370 - 1970 Wood. Determination of

elasticity characteristics STAMEQ

TCVN 1554 : 1974 Wood. Determination of water

penetration STAMEQ

TCVN 1757 : 1975

Defects of wood. Terms, definitions and determination of defects

STAMEQ

TCVN 4810 : 1989 Wood. Methods of physical and mechanical testing. Terms and definitions

STAMEQ (ST SEV 2020:

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WOOD AND WOOD – BASED PRODUCTS

STAMEQ

TCVN 4740 : 1989 Fly boards. Terms and

definitions STAMEQ

TCVN 5694 : 1992 Wood based panels.

Determination of density STAMEQ (ISO 9427 : 1989) TCVN 5695 : 1992 Plywood. Classification STAMEQ (ISO 1096 : 1975)

TCVN 5692 : 1992 Plywood. Determination of

dimensions of test pieces STAMEQ (ISO 3804 : 1977)

TCVN 5693 : 1992 Plywood. Measurement of

dimensions of panels STAMEQ (ISO 1097 : 1975) TCVN 4340 - 1994 Wood parquet strips STAMEQ

TCVN 1073 : 1971 Round timbers. Basic

dimensions STAMEQ

TCVN 4339 : 1986

Pencil wood. Types, basic sizes and technical

requirements

STAMEQ

TCVN 1762 : 1975

Timber for making plywood board and spindle.

Specifications

STAMEQ

TCVN 1761 : 1986

Timber for making plywood boards and spindles. Types of wood and basic dimensions

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TCVN 1462 : 1986 Timber sleepers STAMEQ

TCVN 1077 : 1986 Mining posts STAMEQ

TCVN 4446 : 1987 Transport packaging. Wooden

cases for exported products STAMEQ

TCVN 4739 : 1989 Sawn wood. Defects. Terms

and definitions STAMEQ

TCVN 386 : 1970 Casting patterns. Cones of

mould STAMEQ

TCVN 4741 : 1989 Wooden furniture. Terms and

definitions STAMEQ

TCVN 5373 : 1991 Wooden furniture.

Specifications STAMEQ

TCVN 5372 : 1991 Wooden furniture. Testing

methods STAMEQ

TCVN 1061 : 1971 Chairs. Basic dimensions STAMEQ

TCVN 1439 : 1973

Tables and benches for school pupils. Sizes and basic

dimensions

STAMEQ

TCVN 3221 : 1990 Chairs for export STAMEQ

TCVN 3322 : 1979 G3/75 collapsible chairs for

export STAMEQ

b) Current Ministerial Standards in the wood-based sector, including product category, institution concerned and its references

Table 4: Current Ministerial Standards in the wood-based sector

04 TCN 52 - 2002 Particleboard. Specifications MARD

04 TCN 66 - 2004 Vietnamese woods - Names and characteristics

MARD

24 TCN 81 - 2000 Glossary of pulp, paper and board

MARD

32 TCN 238 - 1984 Floor wooden for export MARD

c) Status of implementation for each National Standard and Ministerial Standard

- The Standards for wood and wood-based products in Vietnam basically is voluntary and expectedly could play as reference for market transaction, construction and process of production.

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Most National Standards and Ministerial Standards were issued many years ago, and will be reviewed in the near future.

- National Standard (TCVN): Revised by STAMEQ but up to now, there is no standard was revised from date of issuing.

- Ministerial Standards: Some of standards were revised by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development but most of them should be development as soon as possible.

e) Existing and new national policy which may influence this sector

- For national standard the general standards such as definition and classifications, general characteristics, dimensions will be aligned to standards of ISO. The other standards are in consideration and may be aligned to standard of US or EN depends on the exporting markets.

4. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

Vietnam has no regulation for imported wood and wood-based products but shall be applied the regulation for exported products depending on the importing country requirements.

a) Name of regulation in the wood-based sector, including the status and the issuant institutions: N/A

b) Brief of relevant regulations, including reference/background and implementation of mandatory standards: N/A

c) Any regulation that affects the wood-based sector:

- Decree from government: required that only wood from plant Forest and import can be used for producing Wood and Wood-based Products in Vietnam.

5. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

a) As the exporter country of wood-based products, Vietnam has to fulfill demands of exporting consumers or buyer groups to apply mandatory requirements (such as CE-marking, JAS standards, PEFC, and others).

b) Due to raw materials from natural forest is limited and the plant forest is not so much than most of the raw materials for producing wood and wood-based products for exporting was imported from other countries.