Production across European Parquet Federation (FEP) member countries rose 5.87% in 2025, the sector's first annual increase since 2022, according to figures FEP Chairman Lorenzo Onofri presented at the federation's 70th General Assembly in Madrid.
Output climbed to nearly 59 million square meters following declines in 2023 and 2024, a level FEP still considers historically low. Consumption held essentially flat at about 60.2 million square meters, down 0.98%, in what the federation described as a “still-fragile demand environment”. FEP credited the uneven recovery to reduced direct imports from China under EU anti-dumping measures and a modest pickup in construction and renovation activity.
The definitive anti-dumping duties of 21.3% to 36.1% on multilayer wood flooring from China, in place for at least five years, have helped stabilize the market by addressing unfair pricing. The federation cautioned that vigilance remains necessary: the European Commission recently opened an anti-absorption investigation into whether exporters are absorbing the duties rather than passing them on, and low-priced imports are now reaching the market from newer countries of origin as well as China.
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