Slight Increase in EU Plywood Orders but Longer-Term Uncertainty Remains – ITTO European Market Report 13th July 2009

After a long period of stagnant CIF NW Europe prices for plywood products, European plywood agents believe that CIF prices may be on the verge of significant rises. Inflationary price pressures seem to be mounting. Shipping lines which have been shedding money over the last few months are laying up tonnage in an effort to drive up freight rates. And a long period of very low harvesting is contributing to a serious shortfall in log supplies which has increased raw material costs in major producing regions.

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