About Us

background

In 1988, Myanmar Government adopted market oriented economy and permitted private sector to resume hardwood timber business. Due to certain condition, hardwood log harvesting and exporting business was banned in 1993.

After that, private sector was allowed to export value-added wood product only with the aim to re-organized the timber business people. In 2010, MFPTMA was renamed to Myanmar Timber Merchants Association (MTMA), which was formed in annexation with UMFCCI, under the license number (33), dated 10-5-1993 notified by the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development.

Now recently upgraded to Myanmar Forest Products and Merchants Federation (MFPMF) on 5th, June 2015.

Objective

Objective 1

To get awareness on Forest and Biodiversity conservation.

Objective 2

To cooperate with department concerns on conservation of forest resource for sustainability.

Objective 3

To cooperate in forest plantation establishment for ensuring sustainability of nation’s natural resources.

Objective 4

To Protect forest resource and by-product from unnecessary loss and deforestation, then to develop wood-based industries for promotion of value-added finished products and enhancing nation’s income. Moreover to create more job opportunities in local wood-based industries.

Objective 5

To make concerted effort in wood-based industry related activities under the guidance of Ministry of Forestry.

Objective 6

To broaden the wood-based related knowledge and technical know-how of members.

Objective 7

To help member industrialist for extending existing market to new international market.

Objective 8

To make sure the proper emergence of lesser-used wood and non-wood products market.

Objective 9

To make contact with international organization for the development of forest based sector.