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How much plywood does India produce?

India is the 2nd largest producer of plywood: 12 million m3 in 2024, 11% of the world's 113.3 million m3 (FAOSTAT forestry).

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India's plywood production

India plywood production, 2024
World rankProduction (m3)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
212 million m311%+7.3% a year2024

FAOSTAT Forestry production and trade (FO), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

India plywood production monthly prices, m3, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of india plywood production monthly prices in m3 from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: India plywood production from 73,100 to 12,000,000, peaking at 12,000,000.02,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,00010,000,00012,000,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020m3
India plywood production

Share of world output over time

India's share of world plywood production in selected years
19902000201020202024
0.5%0.1%3.8%9%11%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 0.4%, 1970s 0.4%, 1980s 0.7%, 1990s 0.4%, 2000s 2.2%, 2010s 6%, 2020s 9.9%. See the concentration-over-time report.

India as a buyer of plywood

Of its $260.4 million of plywood imports in 2024, 37% came from Vietnam and 23% from Nepal, among 50 suppliers.

Import dependency · Supplier shifts

The plywood price India sells into

The benchmark price, Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import, was 349.1¢/sheet in September 2026, down 5% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 9% a year, calmer in 48% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Plywood price history.

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