Tropical lumber imports continue to grow

UAB Juodeliai of Marijampolė, Lithuania, wants to boost its sales revenue by around 4% this year to €220m. Growth of 50% in sales revenue to €211.5m was achieved in 2022 by means of price increases for sawnwood and sawmill residues. Roughly 630,000 m³ of pallet boards were produced at the Akmenynai, Jūrė, Radviliškis,...

The increase in imports of tropical lumber recorded in 2021 intensified in the first quarter of 2022. According to the association of Spanish timber importers and the timber industry (AEIM), Madrid, imports between January and March increased by 31% year-on-year to 16,433 m³ (Jan.-March 2021: 12,557 m³). In 2021,...

In 2021, the volume of Spanish tropical lumber imports increased by 12% vis à vis the preceding year to 58,569 m³ (2020: 52,126 m³). According to the import statistics published by the association of Spanish timber importers and the timber industry (AEIM), based in Madrid, the import value rose to the same extent to...