While US imports of tropical hardwood veneer grew by 15% in October, imports for the month were less than half of the previous October. Year-to-October imports are down 31%, as ITTO reported.
Imports from Italy and India recovered somewhat from September’s poor numbers but imports from Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana both fell by about half.
Imports from nearly all major trading partners are down by more than one-third year-to-October. However, imports from Cameroon had more than doubled by October.
