Okoumé plywood prices unchanged since autumn

French producers’ efforts to raise okoumé plywood prices - an endeavour they have already been pursuing since the beginning of 2021 - have also remained unsuccessful in recent weeks. Up to and into autumn last year, a long period of consistent price increases had prevailed. Purchasers had ordered larger volumes than...

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%)...

During past weeks, Central European importers have been ordering larger volumes of birch plywood for the first time in a considerable period. Until recently, they had been generally holding back on new orders due to persistently weak demand. Customers had instead been supplied from stocks accumulated before the EU...