The wood processing industry in Eastern Province is in a more peculiar situation than any other area in the country as local harvestable forests become scarce plus the rising cost of timber.
Having no decent materials for wood processing increases the wastage of trees, and affects the quality and quantity of products, industrialists have argued.
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