PERU - In January 2016, Peruvian particleboard imports reached USD 4.9 million, 14.4% growth compared to USD 4.3 million in January 2015.

This marked increase in the period is mainly explained by the strong growth of particleboard imports by Masisa Peru that in January 2016 reached USD 1.4 million, up 350% against USD 310,000 of January 2015. With this performance Masisa Peru leads in the Peruvian imported particleboard market with a market share of 28.4%,

The Martin Group also had an increase in imports, albeit at a moderate rate of 1.7% to USD 1 million (2015: 990,000) and a market share of 20.5%. This performance ranks Martin Group third in the market behind Novopan Peru, which even with a 7.7% decreased of imports during the period (2016: USD 1.26 million vs. 2015: USD 1.37 million), obtained a market share of 25.8%.

The most notable drops in the first month of 2016 were for Interforest Group, with a decrease in particleboard imports of 67.1%, and Arauco Peru, down 14.0%.

Peru Imports PB/MDP in January

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