During its January Board of Directors meeting at DOMOTEX 2026 in Hanover, FEP – the European Parquet Federation – announced that overall parquet consumption in Europe for 2025 is expected to remain stable compared to 2024. This outlook is based on preliminary estimates discussed with representatives from member countries. FEP highlights that the figures may change once full data is available, which will be presented in June at the FEP General Assembly & Parquet Congress in Madrid.
After a sharp drop in consumption in 2023, the parquet market bottomed out in 2024, showing only a slight additional decrease. In 2025, the market appeared to stabilise, though at a low level. The year started relatively well, but activity slowed after the summer. Certain costs — such as timber and energy — remain elevated.
The current market environment continues to lack visibility, making trends difficult to predict. Still, the sector anticipates benefits from early signs of improvement in construction activity, as well as from the European Commission’s latest postponement and planned simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
FEP also expects the positive effects of the definitive Anti-Dumping measures on Multilayer Wood Flooring from China — introduced mid-July 2025 — to continue. However, market developments such as lower prices of Chinese imports compared to the pre-Investigation period and a growing influx of parquet products from a number of other countries that until recently supplied only small volumes to the EU suggest a weakening of these protective measures. FEP is closely monitoring the situation and considering raising the issue with the European Commission to request further assessment of these import developments through new investigations.
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