Plans for a first break-bulk ship are moving forward

The Brazilian plywood industry has curbed its output to a growing extent in the last two months, in a development that sent elliotis pine plywood exports lower in July 2022. According to export statistics from Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Madeira Processada Mecanicamente (Abimci), headquartered in Curitiba,...

The downward trend in replacement prices in Brazil, continuing high warehouse stocks at North Sea ports and ongoing poor levels of demand on the markets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland have also imposed pressure on sales prices for elliotis pine plywoods. Customers from the retail trade and the packaging sector are...

In the second quarter of 2022, the uncertainty in North American residential construction, which has been reflected in a decline in building approvals and housing starts for several months, also affected the structural panels markets. Demand dropped significantly in virtually all regions; as a result, prices have...