About The Timber Exporters' Association of Malaysia

 

Objectives of TEAM   The objectives for which the Association has been established are to improve the condition of the Timber Export Trade in Peninsular Malaysia and to promote and protect the interests of the Association.   By promoting, supporting or opposing legislation affecting the timber trade in the State or Federal Governments, and for those purposes, to make representations to State or Federal Legislature and take such steps and proceedings as may be expedient.   By obtaining, collecting, preserving and disseminating statistical and other useful information connected with the timber trade throughout the world which should be made available to only to members and such body or bodies, as may be deemed appropriate by the Committee.

 

            The Timber Exporters’ Association of Malaysia (TEAM) was inaugurated on 14 December 1955 under its previous name “Federation of Malaya Timber Exporters’Association” (FMTEA) and has thus been in existence for nearly half a century.

 

       2.    TEAM has since its establishment endeavoured to actively assist MTIB (Malaysian Timber   Industry Board), MTC       (Malaysian Timber Council), FRIM (Forestry Research Institute, Malaysia), Malaysian Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities and other Malaysian government organisations or agencies in their deliberation for the interests of the timber trade.