EU plywood imports fell by more than 2% in the first nine months of 2015. The most significant decline was in imports from Malaysia, which fell 10% to 78,148 cubic meters.

The import volume of tropical plywood imported from Indonesia was 82053 cubic meters, which was close to the level of the previous year. The recovery of Indonesia's plywood exports is mainly due to increased purchases in the Netherlands and the UK. However, Indonesian plywood has lost its market share in Germany this year, and it is European and Russian plywood and composite panels that replace Indonesia.

The remaining three major tropical plywood suppliers EU imports from China increased by 1.9% to 69,346 cubic meters in the first nine months of 2015, and Gabon increased by 4.8% to 30,627 cubic meters and imports from Brazil remained stable at 11,646 cubic meters. .