The conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the derived economic sanctions has caused a more pronounced trend to burn wood for energy, which competes with the wood-based panel industry for wood raw materials. Thus, wood shortages and turmoil in the supply of chemical raw materials make it difficult for some panel factories to maintain normal production. It is expected that the demand for particleboard will continue to decline in 2022-2023, and then it will start to rebound. In 2022, Turkey has promoted the recovery of MDF demand in Eastern Europe (an increase of 500,000 m³), ​​but ...