EU plywood import trade have varied very widely between different products types over the last four years. Tropical hardwood plywood imports fell continuously from June 2010 to June 2013, losing share to Chinese MLH, Russian birch and other temperate hardwood products (particularly from Ukraine, Belarus, and Uruguay) at that time.<\/p>\n
EU imports of Chinese MLH plywood rose sharply in the period between November 2009 and June 2012 and then subsided for the next 18 months as the much anticipated recovery in European construction continued to be delayed.<\/p>\n
The EU rise in imports of Russian birch peaked much earlier, in June 2011, but then subsided more slowly.<\/p>\n
In the softwood plywood sector, Brazil lost share to other suppliers in the period 2009 to June 2012, but has been regaining share ever since.<\/p>\n
There has been an upward trend in imports in all plywood products types during 2014. The pace of increase in imports this year has been particularly rapid for Chinese MLH, Brazilian softwood and Russian birch plywood.<\/p>\n
Plywood imports have risen into all the main EU markets during 2014, with particularly strong growth in the UK.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"