Shipments start off ahead of 2016

2 March 2017

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North American shipments of particleboard and MDF started the year up 3.7% to 464 million ft2 (3/4in basis) compared to 447 million ft2 in January 2016 according to an Industry Snapshot Report from the Composite Panels Association (CPA).

Particleboard shipments increased nearly 3% to 272 million ft2 compared to 264 million ft2 in January 2016.  MDF shipments increased 4.8% to 192 million ft2 compared to 183 million ft2 the same month one year ago.