Why there is no plywood price list here
We do not make or sell plywood. Publishing a plywood price list would mean publishing a figure we cannot verify — and that is precisely the thing this site does not do.
What we can do is different, and often more useful: give you the number under the largest line in a plywood price. The raw material. We make it, we publish its price, and how much of it a panel consumes follows from arithmetic.
The calculation itself
Three steps, all of them checkable.
1. How much veneer a panel consumes. In standard birch plywood a 15 mm panel is 11 plies, so one ply occupies 15 ÷ 11 = 1.364 mm inside the panel. With 1.5 mm veneer the ratio is 1.5 ÷ 1.364 = 1.10 m³ of veneer per m³ of panel. That is a floor: trimming, the sanding allowance and veneer rejected at grading sit on top of it. The full logic is on the how plywood is made page.
2. What the veneer costs. 17,500 ₽/m³ ex-works, mixed grade 1–4, roughly 219 USD/m³ at 80 ₽/USD.
3. Multiply.
| Build | Birch share | Birch per m³ of panel | EXW | + freight | CIF Turkey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All birch, 11 plies | 100% | 1.10 m³ | 19,250 ₽ ≈ 241 USD | 99–132 USD | 340–373 USD |
| Combi, 4 birch plies | 36% | 0.40 m³ | 7,000 ₽ ≈ 88 USD | 36–48 USD | 124–136 USD |
| Combi, 2 birch plies | 18% | 0.20 m³ | 3,500 ₽ ≈ 44 USD | 18–24 USD | 62–68 USD |
The combi rows carry no cost for the poplar going into the core — we do not sell poplar and cannot quote it. That line has to come from your own supplier and be added on top.
Ply count by thickness
To adapt the calculation to your own thickness you only need the ply count: divide the panel thickness by it and compare the result with the thickness of the veneer you feed in.
| Panel | Plies | Ply thickness in panel | Ratio with 1.5 mm veneer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 mm | 7 | 1.29 mm | 1.17 |
| 12 mm | 9 | 1.33 mm | 1.13 |
| 15 mm | 11 | 1.36 mm | 1.10 |
| 18 mm | 13 | 1.38 mm | 1.08 |
| 21 mm | 15 | 1.40 mm | 1.07 |
The ratio rises on thin panels: as the ply count grows, press compression per ply falls, so a thicker panel consumes slightly less veneer per cubic metre.
Three things that genuinely move the raw material cost
The same 17,500 ₽ can mean quite different quantities of usable material. This is where to look when comparing offers.
Grade distribution. A mixed 1–4 lot yields 22–27% grade 1–2. If you buy top grade for face plies only, your real cost is a different number entirely — the arithmetic is in the table on the door panel page.
Thickness tolerance. ±0.1 mm. A wider tolerance is material lost at calibration, and it writes straight into the cost per m³.
Moisture. 5–8%. Material outside that band blisters in the press, and those panels are scrapped — the most expensive part of a raw material cost is the panel that gets thrown away.
How long the price holds
Our veneer price is dated 30 August 2026 and valid to 30 November 2026, updated quarterly. The calculation on this page is fed by that price, so the table moves with it automatically. The full list, the grade tiers and the container calculator are on the prices page.
Send us your thickness, your lay-up and your monthly panel volume, and we will work out how many m³ of veneer that build needs and what it comes to.