Demand for poplar plywood remains lacklustre on all European sales markets

Demand for poplar plywood made in Europe has not picked up in the second quarter of 2023, either, after remaining slow since the middle of last year. Buyers are still said to have large amounts on stock. Retail customers, in particular, are therefore holding back on new orders and are continuing to place orders...

A downturn in US hardwood plywood imports recorded in the second half of last year continued to play out in the first three months of 2023. These deliveries stood at 425,808 (Jan.-March 2022: 1.173m) m³, which was 64% lower than the previous year’s extraordinarily high level. After again slightly surpassing the 1m m³...

In spite of pronounced losses in the second half of the year, US hardwood plywood imports in 2022 remained higher than those in the previous year. The increase of 6% to 3.670m m³ (2021: 3.462m m³) is due above all to the 13% higher imports from Southeast Asia to 2.323m m³ (2.056m m³). The growth in these in 2021 (+35%)...