US: The US gypsum wallboard industry produced 623Mm2 of gypsum wallboard during the first quarter of 2023, down by 1% year-on-year and by 1.2% quarter-on-quarter. The industry exported 20.1Mm2 of gypsum wallboard in the quarter under review, corresponding to 19% year-on-year growth. Canada received 19Mm2 of the product, 94% of total exports for the quarter.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) data show 4% year-on-year growth in US gypsum wallboard imports. The country imported 23Mm2 during the year, 20.9Mm2 (91%) of it from Mexico and 1.84Mm2 (8%) from Canada. Total calcined gypsum consumption was 4.66Mt in the US in the first quarter of 2023, up by 9.9% year-on-year from 4.24Mt in the first quarter of 2022.
