Peruvian wood products exports totalled almost $80 million FOB in August 2018. Over the same period in 2017 exports were worth $77 million, as ITTO reported.
Of the $80 million exported up to August this year China was the main export destination for Peru’s wood products with a 43% share but this year exports to China dipped 11%. The United States market was the second most important market (11% share) but in this case exports up to August were higher by 20% year-on-year.
Mexico is the third ranked market just behind the US with a 10% share of total wood product exports and as with the US there was a rise in year on year exports of around 24%.
Exports of sawnwood in the period January-August 2018 were worth $14.8 million FOB up just 1% year on year with most being shipped to the Dominican Republic, China and Mexico.
