The nearly 500 plywood manufacturing units in South India such as Kerala and Andhra Pradesh have returned to near normality after a crisis triggered by de-monetisation, the epic floods of 2018 and the two years of COVID pandemic. Industry sources said the plywood industry, however, had its own share of problems caused by the general deceleration in the economy. But it hopes to go full steam with the recovery of the economy. One of the issues confronting the industry is shortage of raw materials. However, sources said it was a seasonal issue as raw materials fall short of ...