The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois), representing the European woodworking industries, announces its newest member the Lithuanian Wood Processors Association.
The addition of the Lithuanian Wood Processors Association will increase the number of national members of CEI-Bois to 16. It also means that all the Baltic States are now represented within CEI-Bois.
The Baltic States are vital for the European woodworking industry and Lithuania punches above its weight in the wood industry. According to Eurostat, as of 2020, about 20,000 people were employed in Lithuania in the woodworking and sawmill industry. This equates to approximately 9% of the workforce employed in the Lithuanian manufacturing sector (the overall share in the EU is about 3%). In 2020 there were about 3,000 companies active in the woodworking and sawmill industry in Lithuania which equals about 14.5% of companies in the Lithuanian manufacturing sector (the overall share in the EU is about 7.5%).
The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois) represents 21 European and National organisations from 15 countries and is the body backing the interests of the whole industrial European wood sector.
