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European wood-based panel production reduced by 7.8% in 2022<\/span>, according to figures just released by the European Panel Federation (EPF).<\/p>\n The output, relating specifically to EPF member countries, totalled 59.8 million m3. Consumption of wood-based panels followed a similar pattern, with a reduction of 7% (60.8 million m3) compared to 2021.<\/p>\n About 200 representatives from the global wood-based panels industry were given the figures for the first time at the EPF AGM and conference in Santiago de Compostela on June 23.<\/p>\n The latest stats \u2013 contained in the newly-published EPF Annual Report 2022-2032 - follows the earlier release in May of provisional figures at the Interzum exhibition in Germany.<\/p>\n Clive Pinnington, EPF managing director, told delegates that essentially 2022 H1 had an \u201cOK\u201d performance, but H2 was \u201cnot quite a catastrophe, but nearly\u201d, with the furniture industry in particular suffering in H2 with a 5% reverse.<\/p>\n European particleboard production reduced 6.9% in 2022 to 32.1 million m3.<\/p>\n The EPF said particleboard production capacity increased by 1% in 2022,with a 3.3% rise expected in 2023 and afterwards.<\/p>\n MDF suffered a more severe production output decline in 2022,with a 9.3% dip to 12.5 million m3, though it has to be noted that the comparison year (2021) had seen a sharp rise in output of 7.7%.<\/p>\n The OSB sector saw a 10.7% decline in production to 6.4 million m3, while softboard (predominantly woodfibre board insulation) suffered an 8.9% reverse to 5.1million m3.<\/p>\n European plywood production was down by 2.5% in 2022 to 3.1million m3.<\/p>\n Consumption of wood-based panels in the key furniture industry declined by 1% in 2022. So, the furniture industry consumed 48% of all wood-based panels last year (down from 49% in 2021).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" European wood-based panel production reduced by 7.8% in 2022, according to figures just released by the European Panel Federation (EPF). The output, relating specifically to EPF member countries, totalled 59.8 million m3. Consumption of wood-based panels followed a similar pattern, … Continue reading