Analysis of latest trade figures for plywood supply to the EU tally with importers’ comments. Total EU plywood imports have picked up a little this year, hitting 686,000 cu.m in the first quarter, nearly 5% more than the same period in 2017. However, supply constraints have meant that imports are still well below levels prevailing two years ago in 2016.   Lack of supply has been a significant drag on EU imports of tropical hardwood plywood this year. Imports from all the EU’s leading tropical suppliers except Indonesia declined in the first quarter of 2018.  ...