European parquet market falling; outlook negative

European parquet consumption has started to decline during the first semester 2022, reflecting the ambient climate of uncertainties.    The Board of Directors of the European Parquet Federation, FEP, met physically early October 2022 in FEP premises, Brussels, and discussed amongst others the parquet situation on the European markets.    Generally speaking, the very beginning of the year 2022 was still positive but parquet consumption quickly started to decline in most of the FEP countries. The decreases were especially significant in France and Germany, while Sweden and Switzerland were still experiencing relatively good conditions ...