European plywood imports slump

According to analysis of latest UK Government and Eurostat statistics, total plywood imports by the EU27+UK (excluding internal trade) dropped by 16% YoY to 1.58 million m3 from January-April 2020. This follows a dip of 5.3% YoY to 4.4 million m³ in 2019.

At the same time, in January-April 2020 plywood imports from Russia increased by 4.8% YoY to 410,000 m³