In August Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) declined 6% in value year on year from $229,8 million to $216 million. Year on year pine sawnwood exports values grew 27% in August to $26 million and there was a 36% increase in export volumes compared to a year earlier (87,200 cubic metres to 118,700 cubic metres).
Tropical sawnwood exports however, fell 22% in volume in August, from 29,800 cubic metres in August 2014 to 23,200 cubic metres in August this year and the value of tropical sawnwood exports declined just over 27% from $15.7 million to $11.4 million. In the case of plywood, export values fell but export volumes rose. The 6.5% drop in the value of exports from $35.4 million in August last year to $33.1 million this year was accompanied by a 7% increase in the volume of exports (96,800 cubic metres to 103,900 cubic metres).
In sharp contrast exports of tropical plywood increased almost 32% in volume (5,700 cubic metres in August 2014 to 7,500 cubic metres in August 2015) and the value of tropical plywood exports jumped 9% ($3.3 million in August 2014 to $3.6 million).
Disappointing wooden furniture exports compounded the negative news on Brazil‘s wood product export performance, August 2015 wooden furniture exports dropped almost 20% year on year.
