The European parquet markets are generally showing stable to slightly positive trends. When compared to the same period last year, the provisional results for the three first months of 2019 indicate stable or moderately increasing parquet consumption except for Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom which are reporting limited declines in parquet sales. On the other hand, parquet consumption restarted to grow in Germany.

While there is no shortage of raw material for the time being, affordability is decreasing also for layers (HDF, plywood) other than the top one.