Chilean plywood exports increase just slightly

Continuing production adjustments in the first quarter of 2023 and the ongoing upturn in North American business have enabled Brazilian plywood producers to further increase their prices slightly in February and the first half of March, in North America as well as in Europe. In both regions, prices had been...

Brazilian exports of elliotis pine plywood recovered in the first two months of the current year following the significant drop recorded in the second half of 2022. However, under the influence of the ongoing production cutbacks by manufacturers, they still remain well below the comparatively high prior-year figures....

The duty-free quota for softwood plywood imports into the EU-27 continues to be used up considerably more slowly than last year. By 15 March 2023, a volume of 223,460 m³ - or 46% of the total volume of 482,648 m³ - had been called up. This leaves a volume of 259,188 m³ still available. Last year, a comparable level had...