US imports of hardwood plywood increased in 2022 too

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...

The poplar plywood business remained weak on European sales markets in the first quarter of 2023. For the first time in a long while, manufacturers had been prepared to make price concessions in November because of the slump in demand seen since the middle of last year. Along with cutting their prices, plywood mills...

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...