Brazil’s wood panels industry should see quite strong growth in 2013
8 January 2013Brazil’s wood panels industry has reported overall annual growth of around 10% during 2012, despite early market stagnation and persistent economic gloom in the country for much of the year.
The panel market began a slow recovery after a generally flat 2011 thanks mainly to a string of government measures to stimulate the national economy. Given continued government support and an economic upturn in 2013, the sector should see quite strong growth in the coming year, according to Alexandre Coelho, president of Brazil's panel industry association ABIPA.
Early in 2012, panel makers were faced with high interest rates and a credit squeeze but the industry reacted well when the situation eased and government introduced tax concessions, he said in a December interview with the online industry portal RG Movel.
