After five years of continuous growth between 2009 and 2014, EU wood flooring exports declined slightly in 2015, by 1.7% to 21.1 million sq.m. However, growth resumed in the first six months of 2016 and exports rose by 9% to 11.2 million sq.m.
The downward trend in exports to Switzerland and Norway in 2015 was reversed in the first six months of 2016.
After making significant gains in 2015, EU wood flooring exports continued to increase rapidly to the USA (+23%) and China (+154%) in the first six months of 2016.
However, some of the gains made by EU wood flooring products in the Turkish and Canadian markets in 2015 were lost during the first half of 2016. Exports also declined to Russia during the same period.
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