Raute: Guoxu Springwood orders dryer and lay-up line

During the first quarter of 2023, purchasing activities of Central European importers of Chinese plywood have remained at a low level. In January and February, an upturn in demand could be observed in isolated cases; however, this was likely mainly attributable to customers - especially from the commercial sector -...

Business with Indonesian plywood on Central European sales markets has still not picked up in recent weeks. Importers continue to meet their customers’ persistently low demand for both rough plywood and film-faced formwork panels for the construction sector from stocks built up over the course of last year. Without a...

A slight increase in FOB prices, a decrease in North Sea port inventories and related supply gaps have prompted a turnaround in sales prices for Brazilian elliotis pine plywood in recent weeks. In a few instances, 20 mm C+/C had already sold for less than €6.00/m² ex port in January 2023; at that time, importers had...