Impact of COVID-19 on wood-based products industry : an exploratory study in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and BiH

Kitek Kuzman, Manja (author), Oblak, Leon (author), Glavonjić, Branko (author), Pirc Barčić, Andreja (author), Obućina, Murčo (author), Haviarova, Eva (author), Grošelj, Petra (author)

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the forest-products industry locally and globally, including the availability of raw materials, supply chain, production, and product sales. Therefore, it was essential to study the effect of COVID-19 in Central and Southeast European countries, including Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the forest-products industry plays a vital global role. An international group of wood scientists developed and implemented the web-based questionnaire that consisted of four parts: demographic questions, production changes, COVID data gathering, governmental response to COVID-19, and lessons learned. Participants were mainly from furniture production, joinery, and wood processing. Results indicate that more than 80% of respondents reported negative changes. The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the supply chain, and the most significant changes were in the availability of solid wood (23%) and engineered wood products (21%). Among the most critical issues were increased prices of all materials, increased transportation costs, extended delivery times, limited quantities for all materials, and total disruption of supply chains.

• Language: English
• Keywords: pandemic, wood-products industry
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 1115–1126
• Numbering: Vol. 18, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-146814
• UDC: 630*8
• ISSN on article: 1748-0280
• DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2022.2109210
• COBISS.SI-ID: 118252291
• Publication date in RUL: 14.06.2023

KITEK KUZMAN, Manja, OBLAK, Leon, GLAVONJIĆ, Branko, PIRC BARČIĆ, Andreja, OBUĆINA, Murčo, HAVIAROVA, Eva and GROŠELJ, Petra, 2023, Impact of COVID-19 on wood-based products industry : an exploratory study in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and BiH. Wood material science & engineering [online]. 2023. Vol. 18, no. 3. [Accessed 18 May 2025]. DOI 10.1080/17480272.2022.2109210. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=146814

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Wood material science & engineering
• Shortened title: Wood mater. sci. eng.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1748-0280
• COBISS.SI-ID: 522172953

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: pandemija, lesna industrija