{"id":78640,"date":"2020-01-13T11:28:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T11:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/pressure-on-the-european-plywood-market-continues\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:52:19","slug":"pressure-on-the-european-plywood-market-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/pressure-on-the-european-plywood-market-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure on the European plywood market continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first half of 2019, the European plywood sector was experiencing a tightening market and competitive conditions. In the second half, according to leading importers, not a lot has changed.<\/em><\/p>\n

There have been indications that prices from some sources are starting to come off the floor. Overall, however, they remain depressed compared to 2018 and \u2018rock bottom offers\u2019 from Russia are felt by some to threaten any significant wider increase and to be actually squeezing product from other countries out of the European market.<\/p>\n

The US-China trade dispute continues to destabilise the sector and UK companies say that continuing uncertainty surrounding Brexit, politics and the economy generally has seriously undermined market confidence.<\/p>\n

A slowdown in European manufacturing, notably in Germany, is also impacting demand, and although overall construction consumption is reported to have held up reasonably well to date, it is forecast to slow and stagnate over the next two years.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Brazilian elliotti and Malaysian plywood prices have both seen rises of US$10-15\/cu.m. However, these prices are still reported down 33-40% and 28% respectively on 18 months ago. Chinese prices are still down around 15% and Russian film-faced plywood and raw plywood prices are down 30% and 25% respectively during the same period.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still far away from 2018 levels, but these increases [in Brazilian elliotti and Malaysian plywood prices] may be signs of a recovery and we\u2019d hope to see them embed and continue as we move into 2020,\u201d said an importer\/distributor. \u201cMalaysian suppliers also report log shortages, so that may also underpin further increases.\u201d Import volumes of Brazilian plywood are expected to get slightly better in January, mainly due to the new duty-free quota coming up in Europe. \u201cBut, like price, volumes are still way off 2018 figures,\u201d said an importer. \u201cI also wonder what will happen later in 2020 after the first duty free volumes have been shipped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prices out of China are reported to be stable at present although it\u2019s felt a range of factors may add some upward pressure here too.<\/p>\n

\u201cChinese plywood has already become a bit more expensive again on FOB terms due to the exchange rate of the RMB versus the dollar,\u201d said a continental-based importer. \u201cAs usual, this is also driving up container rates. But we expect Chinese trade for January\/February to be slower too due to weather conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another factor for China, said a UK importer, has been the continued impact of new environmental regulation on manufacturers.<\/p>\n

\u201cEfforts to clean up the industry in the Linyi\/Pizhou area has resulted in a lot of plywood and peeling mills closing as they couldn\u2019t afford the new equipment required to reduce emissions. Others have suffered in excess of 70 days lost production as the government tries to improve air quality and the impact on peeling mills has put price pressure on poplar core veneer\u201d said the UK importer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut while there may be less Chinese availability\u201d, the importer continued, \u201cI believe [quality] is improved, with manufacturers better understanding the demands of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and our UK Timber Trade Federation Responsible Purchasing Policy and also meeting EN quality standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another European importer felt that diversion of Chinese production to Europe due to US tariffs had not been a significant issue due to different market requirements. \u201cFactories geared up for the US don\u2019t find it easy to meet European specification,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

European importers also report no stand-out trends for FLEGT-licensed product from Indonesia. Indonesia\u2019s film-faced plywood, said one company, is \u201cstill too expensive for Europe\u201d although raw board \u2018is trading more or less OK\u2019.<\/p>\n

The FLEGT licensing system itself is said by plywood importers to be to working well, although the consensus remains that, to gain market traction and wider awareness, more licensed product is needed from more sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sooner more countries engaged with the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement complete the process and start licensing, particularly Malaysia, the better, given that the responsibility for product legality under the EUTR on non-FLEGT licensed goods remains on the importer, who cannot know 100% what the product mix is even if we ask all the right questions and gather the paperwork,\u201d said one UK company.<\/p>\n

A fellow UK importer said that getting more VPA countries to FLEGT licensing stage could also open up new sources of supply. \u201cWe\u2019ve had interesting offers from Gabon, for instance. The product looks good and could represent a real business opportunity for us and the supplier,\u201d he said. \u201cBut currently it can\u2019t meet our requirements on legality assurance.\u201d<\/p>\n

An added ongoing issue for some European importers is their inability to use the bonded warehousing system for FLEGT licensed goods. This system allows import consignments to be broken up and duty paid piecemeal on each order as it goes out to spread the cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the licence applies to the entire shipment, it cannot be divided, so duty has to be paid all at once,\u201d said an importer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat needs resolving as it effectively puts licensed goods at a competitive disadvantage and it has a particular impact on smaller companies needing to spread duty payment for cash flow purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

A related issue for FLEGT-licensed goods customs handling was flagged up by another importer. \u201cWe had an instance of an agent selling some of a shipment to us and some to another importer where only one licence had been issued for the whole amount exported from Indonesia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t use the FLEGT licence unless we also customs cleared the other consignee\u2019s goods and recharged them the duty. So the agent had to present the licence in their own name and sell to both buyers as landed duty-paid stock. Not ideal all round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another \u201creal headache\u201d for the European plywood import sector, in the words of one company, continues to be cutprice Russian material. \u201cRussian birch plywood prices have dropped again after some slight increases a few months ago and it looks like this situation will continue for some time as the Russians seem to be quite happy with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir logs are extremely cheap and, as is the case with gas, they don\u2019t put any value on their natural resources\u201d, continued the importer. \u201cThey need foreign income, and that\u2019s all that seems to count. I\u2019d advocate putting a fat import duty on Russian imports as they are destroying the business for others who are trying to do the right thing, such as Indonesian producers, and are actually being pushed out of the market at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding to market competition is a new softwood plywood mill now on stream in Belarus run by the Krono group. \u201cThis will put a lot of pressure on European factories like Thebault and others,\u201d said an importer.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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