Brazil’s value of woodbased panel exports in the 1Q 2018 totalled $73 million a 14% rise compared to the same period last year. In terms of volume, woodbased panel exports totalled 308,000 cubic metres in the 1Q 2018, an increase of 8.5% compared to the same period in 2017.

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Brazil’s woodbased panel exports increased by 14% in 1Q

Brazil’s value of woodbased panel exports in the 1Q 2018 totalled $73 million a 14% rise compared to the same period last year, as ITTO reported.

Between January and March of this year the main markets for woodbased panels were Latin America (up 11% to $39 million) and North America (up 21% to $17 million).

In terms of volume, woodbased panel exports totalled 308,000 cubic metres in the 1Q 2018, an increase of 8.5% compared to the same period in 2017. In the domestic market, 1.6 million cubic metres were sold, an increase of 3%.