Consolidated exports to Colombia and Peru, the main export markets for Ecuador’s particleboard, totalled US$ 15.5m in the first two months of 2018 and represented 95.2% of total exports (2017: 95.9%).

Exports to Colombia reached US$9.96m in the first two months of 2018 (2017: US$9.28m), 7.4% growth, compared to same period 2017.

Exports to Peru also had a strong performance in the first two months of 2018, amounting to US$5.5m, an increase of 31.1% compared to US$4.2m in the first two months of 2017.

Exports to Panama and Bolivia were also up in the first two months of 2018, with increases of 44.4% and 141.7% respectively.