{"id":87133,"date":"2023-12-20T07:45:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/eu-plywood-imports-fall-from-record-highs-to-record-lows\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:01:18","slug":"eu-plywood-imports-fall-from-record-highs-to-record-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/eu-plywood-imports-fall-from-record-highs-to-record-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"EU plywood imports fall from record highs to record lows"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time ever in a 12-month period, total EU+UK imports of plywood from outside the region exceeded 5 million cu.m between 1t July 2021 and 30th June 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, by the end of September 2023, the twelve- month rolling total had fallen to just 3.3 million cu.m (Chart 1a).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If imports remain weak in the fourth quarter, which seems likely, total EU+UK imports for the whole of 2023 could fall below 3.1 million cu.m, which is the previous record low occurring during the global financial crises in 2009.<\/p>\n

In the first nine months of 2023, total EU+UK plywood imports from outside the region were 2.67 million cu.m, 30% less than the same period in 2022. Imports of tropical plywood were down 6% at 353,000 cu.m, imports of temperate hardwood plywood were down 38% at 1.31 million cu.m, and imports of softwood plywood were down 24% to 1.01 million cu.m.<\/p>\n

The recent extreme volatility in EU+UK plywood imports is due largely to geo-political issues, mainly relating to the Russia Federation, combined with the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic. EU+UK plywood imports from the Russian Federation were rising almost continuously between 2014 and 2019, encouraged by extreme weakness of the Russian ruble against the euro and other EU currencies.<\/p>\n

At that time, a sharp decline in confidence in the Russian economy following a collapse in oil prices and economic sanctions on Russia following the country's annexation of Crimea had led Russian manufacturers to boost exports in search of hard currency.<\/p>\n

Most plywood that was imported into the EU+UK from Russia during the period comprised birch plywood, including thicker film-faced boards which competed directly with tropical products, and most was destined for Germany, the Baltic States, Poland, the UK, and Netherlands.<\/p>\n

EU demand for plywood at this time was given added impetus by a design trend to use plywood as the sole manufacturing material in furniture and interior finishes, with faces and edges expressed, even unfinished, to reveal its structure and achieve an \u2018industrial look\u2019.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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