{"id":32840,"date":"2021-02-14T12:47:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T09:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/?p=32840"},"modified":"2021-03-19T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:45:14","slug":"wood-and-rigid-spc-products-continue-to-grow-the-mmf-flooring-sector-experiences-the-impact-of-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orsiad.com.tr\/en\/wood-and-rigid-spc-products-continue-to-grow-the-mmf-flooring-sector-experiences-the-impact-of-the-pandemic.html","title":{"rendered":"Wood and rigid SPC products continue to grow\u00a0 The MMF-flooring sector experiences the impact of the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2020 global sales figures of MMFA members show that while wood products continue to grow with a global increase in sales of + 18,82 % and rigid SPC products maintain their market penetration across all major regions with a steady growth of + 34,8 %, the growth of the \u2018polymer\u2019 product category had been affected by COVID-19 as sales only revealed a modest rise of + 3,1 % at the end of the year. Overall, sales spiked in Q3 in an attempt to recuperate the setback during Q1 due to the early days of the pandemic and tax issues with the US.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

POLYMER Category: Rigid SPC floorings remain strong amid COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2020, global sales of polymer <\/strong>products slightly increased by + 3,1 % in comparison to 2019 to 79.5 million m\u00b2. The key driver for this positive end-of-year result were Rigid<\/strong>SPC<\/strong>products which continued to perform well in 2020 with 37.7 million m\u00b2 sold (+ 34,8 % compared to 2019). The other polymer categories had to face setbacks with 5.2 million m\u00b2 sold of Rigid<\/strong>EPC<\/strong>flooring (- 14,31 % compared to 2019) and 36.7 million m\u00b2 sold of LVT<\/strong>flooring (- 15 % compared to 2019).\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The region with the greatest increase in polymer product sales was Eastern Europe<\/strong>which sold 4.9 million m\u00b2 in 2020 (+ 23,9 % in comparison to 2019). SPC products in the region experienced a sharp increase in sales of + 153,3 % (2.0 million m\u00b2 sold) while sales of EPC (0.2 million m\u00b2, – 19,3 % compared to 2019) and LVT flooring products (2.7 million m\u00b2, – 0,3 % compared to 2019) both decreased. In Western Europe <\/strong>on the other hand, the polymer sector slightly declined by – 6,6 % in 2020 (37.5 million m\u00b2 sold). As in Eastern Europe, SPC was the only product category which grew in 2020 (15.7 million m\u00b2, + 28,8 % compared to 2019). This positive result balanced the comparatively weak sales in the other product categories. EPC product sales (2.2 million m\u00b2) decreased by – 13,0 % while LVT product sales (19.6 million m\u00b2 sold) experienced an even greater decrease of – 22,9 %.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Similar to Europe, the SPC category was the strongest of all polymer groups in North America<\/strong>with 19.2 million m\u00b2 of flooring sold (+ 37,4 % compared to 2019). The lower figures of EPC (2.5 million m\u00b2, – 17,3 % compared to 2019) and LVT products (13.4 million m\u00b2, + 4,0 % compared to 2019) led to a stable end-of-year result of 35.1 million m\u00b2 of polymer flooring sold in North America in 2020 (+ 17,5 % compared to 2019).<\/p>\n

Latin America<\/strong>sold 0.3 million m\u00b2 of polymer flooring which constitutes a decrease of – 68,5 %. In contrast to other regions, the SPC sector in Latin America faced setbacks of – 22,2 % compared to 2019 (0.2 million m\u00b2 sold). Similar situations were observable in Africa<\/strong>where the sales for polymer flooring decreased by – 44,5 % (0.3 million m\u00b2 sold) and in Asia<\/strong>which experienced a decrease of – 21,4 % (0.9 million m\u00b2 sold). The region Australia \/ Oceania<\/strong>sold 0.4 million m\u00b2 of polymer flooring (+ 9,5 % compared to 2019).<\/p>\n

WOOD Category: Wood maintains its historic popularity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the impact of the pandemic, the wood<\/strong>category performed well in 2020, with the exception of Latin America. The total sales of wood products reached 15.0 million m\u00b2 in 2020, an increase of + 18,82 % compared to 2019. The region that recorded by far the greatest increase in sales is North America<\/strong>. With 0.1 million m\u00b2, the sales more than doubled in 2020 (+171,1% compared to 2019).<\/p>\n

With a growth rate of + 21,8 %, Eastern Europe<\/strong>(0.8 million m\u00b2 sold) overtook the growth of Western Europe<\/strong>(14.0 million m\u00b2, + 18,3 % compared to 2019). Germany and Austria kept their positions as the countries with the highest sales in Western Europe. In Germany<\/strong>, 10.3 million m\u00b2 were sold (+ 25,2 % compared to 2019) while Austria<\/strong>recorded sales of 1.4 million m\u00b2 (+ 9,2 % compared to 2019). The same applies to the Czech Republic<\/strong>.As in the previous year, it was the country with the highest sales in Eastern Europe (0.4 million m\u00b2, + 10 % compared to 2019).<\/p>\n

Asia<\/strong>only recorded a small increase in sales with + 1,2 % in comparison to 2019 (0.06 million m\u00b2). The only regions where the impact of COVID-19 resulted in a decrease of sales in the wood category was Latin America<\/strong>where sales declined by – 35,8 % (0.01 million m\u00b2 sold) as well as Africa<\/strong>(- 5.317 thousand m\u00b2, – 630,9 % compared to 2019) and Australia \/ Oceania <\/strong>(3.123 \u00a0m\u00b2<\/strong>, – 69,8% compared to 2019).<\/p>\n

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