BRAZIL – In 2019 the United States became the main export market for Brazilian particleboard /MDP (PB/MDP).

The US, with particleboard purchases of USD 17.03 million surpassed Peru in 2019 at the top position. The United States also recorded the highest growth among external markets with an increase of 137.8 percent compared to the USD 7.1 million figure of Brazilian PB/MDP imports reached 2018.

Peru followed in second position with purchases of particleboard / MDP from Brazil for USD 13.7 million in 2019. This represents a 14.7 percent drop in the face of exports of USD 16.1 million in 2018. Colombia was the third largest external market with USD 11.4 million and a 25.5 percent contraction against the USD 15.3 million figure recorded in 2018.

In addition to the United States, China was another country that recorded significant growth in Brazilian PB / MDP purchases. With a growth of 67.5 percent, exports of Brazilian particleboard to China reached USD 9.2 million in 2019 (2018: USD 5.5 million).

In total, during 2019 Brazilian exports of particleboard reached USD 79.8 million. Which represented a 9.4 percent drop compared to 2018 when particleboard exports reached USD 88.1 million.

In 2019,  the indicators of Brazilian exports of PB / MDP also reveal that three markets: USA, Peru and Colombia, are responsible for more than half (52.9 percent) of exports of Brazilian PB / MDP worldwide.