The Portuguese Association of Wood and Furniture Industries (AIMMP) mission is to represent, promote and protect the interests of Portuguese companies from the five sectorial divisions that make up the wood and furniture sector: wood cutting, felling, sawing and wood packing; panels, other wood derivatives and biomass energy; carpentry and alike; furniture and alike; export, import and distribution of wood and derivatives. These industries export € 2.6 billions per year.
Inter Wood & Furniture is a structured intervention program that supports portuguese companies interested in developing internationalization strategies in order to expand into new growing markets. Over the years, this program has supported more than 400 companies, through more than 140 actions in more than 50 markets with incentives up to 50%, having certainly contributed to the growth of the sector’s exports by around 1.000 million euros in the last 10 years.