Plywood price history, 1979 to 2026

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import averaged 343.8¢/sheet in August 2026, -7% over twelve months and -36% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was 751.8¢/sheet in May 1993; in 2024 dollars the real peak was 1,635¢/sheet in May 1993. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import ¢/sheet, since 1979	343.8 August 2026	+2%	-7%	-31%	-36%	-46%	751.8 May 1993	1,635 May 1993

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026-09-02, fetched 6 September 2026 (CC BY 4.0).

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how plywood is priced.

Monthly plywood prices by decade

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Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import (¢/sheet)

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import monthly prices, 1980s, ¢/sheet
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	285.8	306.9	310.1	285.3	291.1	264.6	276.5	257.5	242.5	241	259.6	264.5	273.8
1981	258.9	259.4	244.3	259.4	256.5	231.9	224.2	215.2	236.9	231.4	250.9	267.3	244.7
1982	255.5	235.3	240.9	235.9	233.8	207.5	225.4	230.3	239.1	217.4	221.6	246.7	232.5
1983	244.7	234.9	243.3	237.7	240.6	231.6	215.4	214.5	218.3	227.5	225.2	224	229.8
1984	222.3	225.7	254	255.6	245	232.6	218.3	222.9	216.1	211.9	211.7	207.7	227
1985	202.6	196.9	197.2	202.7	200.4	196.8	208.1	212.9	210.2	225.9	237.8	239.1	210.9
1986	242.4	258.6	257.6	257	269.7	267.9	280.6	280	274.7	278.1	285.1	332.7	273.7
1987	373.8	376.3	339.8	323.5	329.1	352.3	384.5	454.1	479	472.9	470.2	437.4	399.4
1988	414.5	353.8	373.2	376.2	372.7	350	312.8	310.6	319.9	336.4	393.7	392.3	358.8
1989	363.5	352.2	345.2	342.6	346.2	342.5	371.7	370.3	353.3	353	336.2	327.2	350.3

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import monthly prices, 1990s, ¢/sheet
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	317	314.4	314.4	312.4	350.1	373.9	378.5	364.6	384.9	409.3	375.7	363.2	354.9
1991	362.3	371.7	364.4	368.3	365.8	361.3	365.9	363.6	375.2	386.3	389.4	394.2	372.4
1992	403.7	396	380.6	361.7	338.5	347	350.2	348.4	358.5	421.4	419.8	443.4	380.8
1993	512	611.8	700.4	738.1	751.8	745.3	696.2	703.9	664.9	617.3	603	592.5	661.4
1994	565	600.3	617.1	647.1	637.2	629.6	649.7	631	566.5	567.9	562.7	540	601.2
1995	551	599.1	656.5	665.1	635.4	627	584.7	560.6	527.4	526.6	539.7	540.2	584.4
1996	529.1	548.6	529.2	521.1	535.5	523.6	521.4	538.3	537.6	525.1	526.2	518.6	529.5
1997	499.9	487.8	497.4	486	512.7	525.4	512.3	500.4	479.1	454.3	439	425.1	485
1998	409.4	412.7	388.5	372.1	362.7	348.6	348.5	335.3	349.2	379.2	389.8	416.6	376.1
1999	441.8	420	417.4	434	425.7	430.1	423.6	441.8	455.5	462.4	466.9	467.5	440.6

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import monthly prices, 2000s, ¢/sheet
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	456.4	439.1	448.8	455.1	444	450	443.8	443.9	459	452	450	436.7	448.2
2001	427	439.5	421.1	411.9	410.1	409.3	393.1	402.9	411.9	404	400.6	386.3	409.8
2002	369.4	367	373.5	373.8	391.4	404.5	432	432.8	427.5	415.8	424.1	421.2	402.8
2003	421.4	419.2	421.8	417.4	426.4	422.8	421.3	420.8	434.1	456.3	457.9	463.2	431.9
2004	469.4	469.3	460.3	466.8	444.4	456.8	457.2	453.1	454.5	459	476.7	510.4	464.8
2005	513.3	514.9	517.5	507.6	519.1	510.9	496	510.3	513.2	496.4	498.3	505.7	508.6
2006	519.7	530.2	537	545.6	576.6	611.2	635.4	638.6	641	632.1	639.1	640.3	595.6
2007	622	622.7	643.8	635.1	641.1	642.6	645.6	646.8	647.7	648	647.2	645.9	640.7
2008	640.9	639.2	640.9	646.6	648.2	647.3	647.9	649.3	648.8	643.9	646.5	646.1	645.5
2009	574.7	573	570.8	567.7	565.9	563.6	561.9	562	560.7	559.3	558.6	557.2	564.6

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import monthly prices, 2010s, ¢/sheet
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	557.2	557.2	557.2	564.7	566.8	567.5	569.7	571.8	575.4	578.2	581	582.4	569.1
2011	584.5	588.7	592.2	596.3	605.6	607.7	612.7	619.2	631.1	619.9	617.5	615	607.5
2012	615	612.3	611	611.6	611.6	606.7	606.7	606.7	608.1	610.2	611.5	612.9	610.4
2013	612.9	586.4	575.6	558.6	540.7	561.3	548	558.3	550.5	558.2	545.4	527.1	560.3
2014	525.7	535.3	533.6	532.5	536.5	535.1	536.9	530.4	509.1	505.6	469.8	457.4	517.3
2015	461.3	460.2	453.6	456.8	452.1	441.3	442.5	443.3	454.5	455	445.5	448.7	451.2
2016	461.8	475.7	483.5	498.4	501.2	517.7	524.5	539.3	535.9	526.2	504.7	470.3	503.3
2017	474.3	483.2	483.3	495.9	486.6	492.3	485.4	497	493.3	483.5	484	483.5	486.9
2018	492.1	505.9	514.9	507.5	497.8	496.3	489.8	491.8	487.6	484	481.9	486.9	494.7
2019	501.2	494.7	491.1	489.1	496.3	505.1	504.6	513.9	508.2	505	501.5	500.4	500.9

Africa and Southeast Asia, Tokyo import monthly prices, 2020s, ¢/sheet
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	499.6	496.3	508	506.7	509.4	507.5	511.5	515	517.3	519.1	523.1	526.2	511.6
2021	526.4	518.2	502.3	500.6	500.3	496	495.2	497.1	495.7	482.7	479	479.2	497.7
2022	475.2	474.1	460.3	432.3	424	407.7	399.4	403.9	381.9	370.8	383.8	404.9	418.2
2023	418.6	410.9	408.3	409.2	398.4	386.5	387.1	377.1	369.7	365	364.5	379.2	389.5
2024	373.6	365.3	364.6	355.3	350.1	346	345.9	373.3	381.3	365	355.5	354.6	360.9
2025	348.9	359.7	366.2	379	377.3	377.8	371.7	369.7	369.2	360.7	351.8	350.2	365.2
2026	348.5	352	344.1	343	345.3	339.8	336.1	343.8					344.1

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Plywood price history (1979–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/plywood/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.