Plywood production and consumption still slow in Europe

While EU plywood manufacturers have been very actively engaged in raising anti-dumping concerns with the European authorities to boost market prospects for their own products, the signs are this has yet to raise domestic production levels. Data for EU wide production of plywood in 2025 is not yet available, but production in Finland, a leading supplier, is projected to have fallen 5% last year, impaired by high raw material and production costs and continuing market volatility. The combined effects of import stockpiling in advance of the definitive anti-dumping duties and weak activity in the European construction ...