Prices for European poplar plywood decline for first time in almost two years

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...

The slight double-digit increase in Finnish hardwood plywood exports recorded in 2021 (+10% to 280,833 m³) initially continued at the beginning of 2022. However, after the year-on-year increase of 9% in January, exports in the following months remained consistently below the comparative figures. With the exception of...