Peru’s imports of composite panels such as particleboard and MDF were up by 30.1% in the period January-September 2018, to $77.3 million, as ITTO reported.
There was a significant increase (+26.6%) in imports from Ecuador, to $29.9 million, and imports from Chile rose by more than 20%, to $23.4 million.
Imports of panels from Spain leapt by about 62% to $12.6 million in the first nine months of this year, while imports from Brazil were valued at $10.7 million.
