UK’s tropical plywood imports fell by 18% from January to May

From January to May, in the UK, tropical hardwood plywood imports fell annually by 18% to 106,000 m³.
Imports of tropical plywood from Indonesia increased but imports from China continued to fall.
In the first 5 months, the UK imported 30.3 thousand m³ of plywood from Indonesia, which is an increase of 21% compared to the same period of last year.
Deliveries from Malaysia and China fell by 9% to 29.1 thousand m³ and 28% to 27.6 thousand m³ respectively compared to the same period in 2021.
The tropical sawnwood imports into the UK grew by 49% to 47.5 thousand m³ in the first five months of 2022 compared to the same period last year.

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