{"id":86009,"date":"2023-07-05T07:18:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/sharp-decline-in-european-wood-flooring-demand\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:00:20","slug":"sharp-decline-in-european-wood-flooring-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/sharp-decline-in-european-wood-flooring-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp decline in European wood flooring demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a booming year in 2021, production and consumption of wood flooring in Europe was more resilient than expected in 2022 but has declined sharply in the opening months of this year in the face of increasing costs and higher interest rates.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are key conclusions from the latest annual statistical report published on 20 June by the European Parquet Federation (FEP), the organisation which unites European parquet manufacturers, national parquet federations and suppliers to the industry.<\/p>\n

While the FEP report highlights that tropical timber now accounts for only 2% of the face veneers used for the manufacture of parquet flooring in Europe, the report provides valuable insights into the status of the wider market for hardwoods in Europe. It highlights, for example, the continuing huge preference for the \u201coaklook\u201d by European consumers.<\/p>\n

Last year, 82.1% of parquet flooring manufactured in Europe was faced with oak, an increase compared to 81.9% in 2021. Last year, ash and beech maintained their positions as the second and third most favoured species, with 5.3% and 2.5% respectively.<\/p>\n

FEP note that, having forecast a significant decrease in European parquet flooring consumption in 2022 earlier this year, consolidated figures from FEP members reveal a more moderate decline of only 2.8% to 87.1 million square metres. Despite the decline, consumption last year was still at the second highest level in the last ten years.<\/p>\n

A decline in parquet flooring consumption was reported in most European countries last year but Germany, the largest single market was a notable exception reporting growth of 8%.<\/p>\n

This compares to falls of 11% in France, 1% in Italy, 8% in Spain, 23% in the Netherlands, 12% in Belgium, 12% in Sweden, and 8% in the \u201cNordic cluster\u201d (Denmark, Finland, and Norway).<\/p>\n

According to FEP, the fall in wood flooring consumption which started last year and has continued into 2024 was the result of \u201cstaggering energy bills and inflation\u201d which in turn led to very low consumer confidence and spending on building projects being diverted away from interior design towards activities focused on improved insulation.<\/p>\n

Additionally, most renovation work that began during the pandemic is now complete.<\/p>\n

FEP report that European production of parquet flooring decreased by 5% to 92.3 million square metres in 2022. However, this followed a gain of 7% the previous year and was still the second highest level of production since before the 2007-08 financial crises.<\/p>\n

In terms of product type, the balance of European parquet flooring production has hardly changed in the last 10 years. Multilayer is dominant, accounting for 83% of production volume, followed by solid (including lamparquet) accounting for 15%, and mosaic accounting for 2%.<\/p>\n

Poland consolidated its\u2019 position as the largest location for parquet flooring production in Europe during 2022 with production growth of 4% to 13.9 million square metres last year. Other leading production countries in 2022 were Austria (+1% to 10.8 million square metres), Sweden (- 18% to 9.8 million square metres), and Germany (-11% to 7.3 million square metres).<\/p>\n

Considering the market outlook in 2023 and 2024, FEP note that \u201cas expected the boost coming from renovation has reached an end while the decrease in new buildings construction, reflecting increasing costs and interest rates, has started to have tangible and negative effects\u201d. FEP estimate that parquet consumption in Europe in the first quarter this year was down 20% to 30% compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n

FEP go on to suggest that \u201cexisting issues, which have been reinforced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the measures taken by the EU, are still present: supply of strategic raw materials such as wood, inflation, energy crunch... purchasing power and thus consumption have been impacted by the situation as well as the global competitiveness of European industry\u201d. However, FEP \u201ccautiously forecast\u201d that activity \u201cwill pick up again after the summer break\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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