In the final month of 2025, exports of wood and wood products reached nearly 1.7 billion USD. This result brought the total export value to 17.2 billion USD, an increase of nearly 6% compared to 2024.
Despite facing significant tariff difficulties, exports of wood and wood products in 2025 still showed positive growth and exceeded the 7 billion mark for the first time.
In 2025, exports of wood and wood products to the US market were 9.46 billion USD, an increase of 4.4% compared to 2024, accounting for about 55% of the total export value of the entire industry. Notably, Vietnam continues to maintain its position as the largest supplier of wooden furniture to this market.
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) reported that in the first 8 months of 2025, the US spent 6.1 billion USD importing wooden furniture from Vietnam. This was an increase of 9% compared to the same period in 2024, accounting for 45.3% of the total value of US imports of this group. Meanwhile, imports from China decreased significantly, reaching only 1.4 billion USD, down 36% compared to the same period last year.
Wood exports surpassed 7 billion USD for the first time.
Besides the US, exports of wood and wood products to Japan in 2025 grew strongly by over 23%, reaching 2.153 billion USD. This is the first time this figure has exceeded 2 billion USD, surpassing China to become the second-largest market for Vietnam’s wood industry.
Despite falling to third place, exports of wood and wood products to China still increased slightly over the past year, with 2.086 billion USD. This is the second consecutive year that wood and wood product exports to the Chinese market have exceeded
2 billion USD.
The US, Japan, and China are the three “billion-dollar” markets for Vietnam’s wood industry. These three markets account for nearly 80% of the total export value of wood and wood products in 2025.
Wooden furniture continues to play a key role in wood and wood product exports. According to the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), in the first 11 months of 2025, wood furniture exports reached 9.434 billion USD, accounting for nearly 61% of the total value of wood and wood product exports.
In addition to wooden furniture, in the first 11 months of 2025, there were several other items with export values of more than 1 billion USD, including wood chips (2.22 billion USD), planks (2.091 billion USD), and wood pellets (1.081 billion USD).
Entering 2026, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment said that the forestry sector aims to maintain a forest cover rate of about 42% and export turnover of about 18.5 billion USD. At the same time, the sector will promote the development of large-diameter forests, apply science and technology, digital transformation, and trade promotion.
The focus in the coming time will be on diversifying markets, reducing dependence on key market groups, building the “Vietnam Wood” brand, and developing forest environmental services and the carbon market.