Turkish plywood market waking up
In 2017 the building sites in Turkey were busy. A massive 182 thousand m3 of hardwood plywood were imported. Since then the market collapsed, and in 2019 the import was…
Swedish plywood trade reflects the building boom
The Swedish plywood export is more or less the same as Moelven Vänerply’s export. As the home market has been strong, Moelven has steered its volume from export to the…
German plywood import from Russia growing steadily
Russia is the main source of hardwood plywood for Germany. In the case of Russia, hardwood is birch. The total hardwood plywood import to Germany has declined since 2018, but…
Spain’s plywood export tripled in 10 years
During the ten-year period from 2010, Spanish plywood exports tripled in value to 248 million euros per year. New production capacity and the increasing popularity of poplar plywood are the…
Spanish plywood import at a turning point
Spain suffered a deep dip during the 2008 financial crisis. Its recovery took most of the 2010s, but started to accelerate towards the end of the decade. It is probable…
Estonian plywood production scaling up
In Estonia, the plywood industry has seen tremendous growth during the 2010s. Today, plywood is being produced in four locations. Until 2016, only UPM’s Otepää mill was producing plywood in…
Finnish birch plywood export down by 32%
The birch plywood export from Finland totalled 76 390 m3 between January and April 2020. That is 32 percent less than 2019. A big reason for the decline was the…
German plywood import stable in April
According to the German Federal Statistical Office the April import to Germany was 60 056 m3. While there was a 15 percent drop from the previous year, the April plywood…
EU plywood import from Russia is growing
China is by far the largest plywood producer in the world. However, based on Eurostat data, Russia dominates the EU imports of broad-leaved plywood. Whereas the import from Russia, Ukraine…
Finnish spruce plywood decline started last year
Spruce plywood exports were stable throughout the 2010s. The average quarterly volume was around 120 000 m3 until 2019. By the end of that year, a clear decline had set…