BRAZIL – The 2018 data on Brazilian exports of PB / MDP reveals that in three markets: Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, are responsible for half (49.9%) of exports of Brazilian particleboard (PB/MDP), and that their importance is on the rise, as their market participation grew by 5.2 percentage points compared to 2017.
In 2018 total Brazilian exports of particleboard (PB/MDP) reached USD 88.1 million. An improvement USD 11.3 million or 14.7% when compared to USD 76.8 million reached in 2017.
Peru maintained its position as the main export market for Brazilian particleboard with USD 16.1 million, an increase of 27.6% when compared to USD 12.6 million in 2017. Colombia followed with USD 15.3 million and growth of 30.8% against exports of USD 11.7 million reached in 2017. Bolivia was the third most important external market with USD 12.6 million (+25.4%).
In 2018, the external market that registered the highest growth for the Brazilian PB / MDP was Ecuador. With a growth of 294.4% and totaling USD 12.4 million in 2018, Ecuador became the fourth export market for Brazilian particleboard. In 2017 this figure had only reached USD 3.2 million.
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