Peru’s imports of particleboard were valued at $43.7 million in the first four months of this year marking a decline of almost 5% compared to the same period of 2015, ITTO reported.
Novopan Peru continued as the main importer ($9.5 million) but recorded an 8% drop compared to the same period in 2015. However, Arauco Peru, the second largest importer, saw its share of total import rise by 3%.
Masisa Peru, along with Arauco, was the only other importer seeing a rise in January-April imports.
Somewhat of a surprise was the sharp drop in imports by Interforest which reported imports in the first four months were down over 50%.
