Plywood imports
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Canadian plywood makers seek duties as Chinese imports flood the market
The Canadian plywood industry is facing a significant decline, not due to a lack of demand for its products but because of the inability to compete with cheap plywood imports from China. Despite their efforts to seek government intervention and impose duties on Chinese exporters, Canadian industry players have been unsuccessful in their attempts.... Continue reading
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August 9, 2021
European plywood imports rebound strongly since September last year
Latest analysis of Eurostat figures underlines the recent volatile conditions in the EU and UK plywood trade. Total EU+UK imports from outside the rose to a peak of 4.8 million cu.m in the 12 months to March 2019 before declining sharply to a low of 4.1 million cu.m in the 12 months to March 2020. The decline in imports predates the first Covid-19 lockdown in Europe and was due to weakening construction sector activity and overstocking in the prepandemic period. The rebound in construction and DIY activity after the first lockdown period is mirrored by a sharp rise in imports starting in September last year and continuing until May this year. Overall EU+UK plywood imports declined 2.9% to 4.3 million cu.m in 2020 but rose 5.1% from January to May 2021 compared to the same period the year before to 3.8 million cu.m. Following a fall of 11.8% in 2020, hardwood plywood imports from... Continue reading
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May 15, 2023
Canadian plywood makers seek duties as Chinese imports flood the market
The Canadian plywood industry is facing a significant decline, not due to a lack of demand for its products but because of the inability to compete with cheap plywood imports from China. Despite their efforts to seek government intervention and impose duties on Chinese exporters, Canadian industry players have been unsuccessful in their attempts.... Continue reading
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August 20, 2019
Vietnam replaces China as top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US
US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly all trading partners. Imports from China were down 21% in June and are behind last year’s volume by just under 90,000 cubic meters (51%) year to date. Through the first half of the year, US imports are down 26% and, with the exception of Vietnam, imports from all major trading countries are down more than 10% year to date. While down slightly in June, imports from Vietnam have increased more than 112,000 cubic meters year to date, up 109%, as the country has supplanted China to become the new top supplier of hardwood plywood to the U.S. Imports of Chinese tropical veneers fall further US imports of tropical hardwood veneer rose by 5% in June but remain at a level 30% below that of June 2018. Year to date imports are down 21% as imports from China and Cameroon continue to plummet. Imports... Continue reading
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August 9, 2021
European plywood imports rebound strongly since September last year
Latest analysis of Eurostat figures underlines the recent volatile conditions in the EU and UK plywood trade. Total EU+UK imports from outside the rose to a peak of 4.8 million cu.m in the 12 months to March 2019 before declining sharply to a low of 4.1 million cu.m in the 12 months to March 2020. The decline in imports predates the first Covid-19 lockdown in Europe and was due to weakening construction sector activity and overstocking in the prepandemic period. The rebound in construction and DIY activity after the first lockdown period is mirrored by a sharp rise in imports starting in September last year and continuing until May this year. Overall EU+UK plywood imports declined 2.9% to 4.3 million cu.m in 2020 but rose 5.1% from January to May 2021 compared to the same period the year before to 3.8 million cu.m. Following a fall of 11.8% in 2020, hardwood plywood imports from... Continue reading
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May 15, 2023
Canadian plywood makers seek duties as Chinese imports flood the market
The Canadian plywood industry is facing a significant decline, not due to a lack of demand for its products but because of the inability to compete with cheap plywood imports from China. Despite their efforts to seek government intervention and impose duties on Chinese exporters, Canadian industry players have been unsuccessful in their attempts.... Continue reading
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August 9, 2021
European plywood imports rebound strongly since September last year
Latest analysis of Eurostat figures underlines the recent volatile conditions in the EU and UK plywood trade. Total EU+UK imports from outside the rose to a peak of 4.8 million cu.m in the 12 months to March 2019 before declining sharply to a low of 4.1 million cu.m in the 12 months to March 2020. The decline in imports predates the first Covid-19 lockdown in Europe and was due to weakening construction sector activity and overstocking in the prepandemic period. The rebound in construction and DIY activity after the first lockdown period is mirrored by a sharp rise in imports starting in September last year and continuing until May this year. Overall EU+UK plywood imports declined 2.9% to 4.3 million cu.m in 2020 but rose 5.1% from January to May 2021 compared to the same period the year before to 3.8 million cu.m. Following a fall of 11.8% in 2020, hardwood plywood imports from... Continue reading
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January 14, 2016
Dropping European tropical plywood imports
The EU imported 302,828cu.m of tropical plywood in the first nine months of 2015, 2% less than the same period in 2014. According to ITTO, EU demand for tropical plywood in 2015 has been negatively affected by the weakness of the euro relative to the US dollar, slow growth in the building sector in most European countries, as well as lower prices and short lead times for competing temperate plywood products from Europe, Russia and China. Imports of tropical plywood into the UK were 109,093cu.m in the first nine months of 2015, 4% less than the same period in 2014. Imports also declined into Belgium (-6.7% to 53,569cu.m), France (-1.7% to 35,746 cu.m), Italy (-2.6% to 19,384cu.m) and Germany (-17.2% to 17,705cu.m) during this period. Of the six main tropical plywood consuming countries in Europe, only the Netherlands increased imports during the first nine months of 2015, by 20% to... Continue reading
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May 15, 2023
Canadian plywood makers seek duties as Chinese imports flood the market
The Canadian plywood industry is facing a significant decline, not due to a lack of demand for its products but because of the inability to compete with cheap plywood imports from China. Despite their efforts to seek government intervention and impose duties on Chinese exporters, Canadian industry players have been unsuccessful in their attempts.... Continue reading