BRAZIL – The data published by IBA (Industria Brasileira de Árvores) reflects a significant recovery in the month of June for Brazilian wooden panel consumption, which contributed to an improvement in sales and domestic consumption of the Brazilian wood-based panel industry for the year.
In the period from January to June, the Brazilian manufacturers of wood panels presented an improvement of 8.6% in the volume exported, reaching 641 thousand m3 (2017: 590 thousand m3).
In value, in the first six months, board exports grew 8.0%, reaching USD 148 million in the period (2017: USD 137 million).
Latin America was the main regional export market for Brazilian wooden panels in the first half of the year with USD 84 million (2017: USD 75 million), which represented an improvement of 12%. North America followed with USD 32 million.
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