In the first eight months of the year Peru’s wood product exports totalled $80.1 million (FOB), unchanged from the same period in 2018, according to the Association of Exporters (ADEX).
China continues to be the main market for the wood products industries with a 39% share of all wood product exports but this year exports to China fell just over 9%, as ITTO reported.
Mexico was the second export market accounting for 11% of exports and in the first eight months there was an almost 9% rise in the value of exports to this market.
Other markets include France and the US. In both markets demand fell in the first eight months of the year compared to a year earlier.
