Brazil’s wood-based panel exports increased in the first two months of 2017. In the first two months of the year 174,000 cubic metres of wood-based panels were exported, a 40% increase compared to the same period in 2016.
Between January to February 2017 export revenue from the entire forestry sector was $1.3 billion down 6% year on year and only the wood-based panel sector recorded an increase ($39 million, up 22%). As a result the trade balance in the forestry sector registered a positive balance of $1.15 billion in the first two months of the year.
Latin American countries continue to be the main destinations for the Brazil’s wood-based panels.
