BRASILIA: Brazilian exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) rose 3.7% in value to US$ 237.4 million in July 2015 compared to US$ 228.9 million in July 2014.
Brazil’s pine sawnwood export values increased almost 33% between July 2014 (US$ 20.8 million) and July 2015 (US$ 27.6 million). In terms of volume, exports increased 40% over the same period (from 88,600 cu.m to 124,000 cu.m).
On the other hand, tropical sawnwood exports fell marginally from 27,300 cu.m in July 2014 to 27,100 cu.m in July 2015 (from US$ 14.8 million in July 2104 to US$ 13.6 million this July).
Brazil’s pine plywood exports fell around 4% in value in July 2015 compared with a yeat earlier despite an increase in the volume of exports (from 96,000 cu.m in July 2014 to 102,900 cu.m this July).
Brazilian tropical plywood are now very small but in July the volume of tropical plywood exports rose from 3,800 cu.m in July 2014 to 9,700 cu.m this year.
Weak regional demand for wooden furniture drove down July export values from US$ 41.8 million in July 2014 to US$ 38.4 million this year, a 8% decline.
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