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Thailand plantation forest area (eucalyptus, acacia, teak)

~8.4M hectares

As of2025 assessment·Sources1·Primary

FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2025 Thailand country report; plantation forest dominated by fast-growing eucalyptus, acacia, and high-value teak. Historical economics emphasised raw timber export rather than domestic engineered-wood processing.

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FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2025 Thailand country report; plantation forest dominated by fast-growing eucalyptus, acacia, and high-value teak. Historical economics emphasised raw timber export rather than domestic engineered-wood processing.

FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2025 Thailand country report; plantation forest dominated by fast-growing eucalyptus, acacia, and high-value teak. Historical economics emphasised raw timber export rather than domestic engineered-wood processing.

Time scope

2025 assessment

Source basis

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Interpretation notes

What this tells you

FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2025 Thailand country report; plantation forest dominated by fast-growing eucalyptus, acacia, and high-value teak. Historical economics emphasised raw timber export rather than domestic engineered-wood processing.

What not to do with it

Use the linked report for interpretation and keep basis differences explicit.

Related figures

Adjacent numbers that add context without drowning the value.

FY2024
THB 0.3-0.6B

Thailand mass-timber and engineered-wood structural market (2024 baseline)

World Bank Thailand construction sector brief, operator disclosures, FAO Forest Resources Assessment

FY2027 modelled
THB 4.2-7.8B

Thailand mass-timber and engineered-wood structural market (2027 base case)

Operator phasing, BOI Section 8 promoted-projects queue, hotel and resort pipeline disclosures

2025 tracker
~22%

Mass-timber embodied carbon relative to equivalent concrete-and-steel frame

IEA Embodied Carbon in Buildings tracker

Life-cycle assessment 2025
~1.5 t

CO2-eq sequestered per cubic metre of finished mass-timber structure

IEA tracker, FSC and PEFC LCAs, TGO BCRC framework

Q4 2026 framework
USD 30-65 per t CO2-eq

TGO Carbon-in-Storage Wood Credit indicative value (Q4 2026)

TGO BCRC methodology framework

Effective Aug 2026
Up to 8 storeys

Permitted mass-timber building height under MoI 2026 amendment

MoI Building Control Act amendment 2026

Report context

Thailand Mass-Timber & Engineered-Wood Construction 2027 Market Intelligence

Thailand sits on 8.4M hectares of plantation forest (eucalyptus, acacia, teak) but historically exports raw timber rather than processing it. The 2026-2027 inflection: SCG Forest Industry opens a domestic CLT and glulam line at Saraburi; Stora Enso, Mayr-Melnhof Holz, KLH Massivholz, and Binderholz sign Thai JV MOUs Q2-Q4 2025; the Ministry of Interior Building Code amendment (effective August 2026) permits Tier-B mass-timber up to 8 storeys under Type I-A fire compliance; BOI Section 8 unlocks an 8-year tax holiday plus 0 percent equipment import duty plus 50 percent capex credit; and the TGO and BCRC Carbon-in-Storage Wood Credit framework (Q4 2026) values stored CO2-eq at USD 30-65 per tonne over 60 years. Hotel and resort chains (Six Senses, Banyan Tree, Aman, COMO, Marriott Tribute) anchor the early demand stack. Base case: 2027 structural-grade engineered-wood market reaches THB 4.2-7.8B with SCG, Stora Enso Thai JV, Mayr-Melnhof Thai JV, RFD, Binderholz Thai JV, and KLH Massivholz Thai JV capturing the full structural volume.

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