Resources
Plywood, explained.
Straight answers from the export desk — grades, specs and the questions buyers actually ask before they place an order.
Plywood guides, grades & specs
Woods We Use
Data sheets for the species behind our plywood & timber — density, hardness, workability, durability and real-world use, cross-checked and cited.
Browse the encyclopedia →GradesIS 710 vs IS 303
Marine vs commercial plywood — BWP, BWR and MR, and how to pick the right grade.
Read the guide →Export packagingDo plywood boxes need ISPM-15?
No — plywood is exempt. But your solid-wood skids and blocks aren't. Here's the rule.
Read the guide →ShutteringHow many pours does shuttering ply last?
20–40+ for a good panel, under 10 for a cheap one. Why cost-per-pour is the real number.
Read the guide →Container flooringIICL TB-001, explained
The container-floor specification — 28 mm hardwood, strength, screw-hold and glue bond.
Read the guide →SpeciesOkoume vs gurjan
Light and smooth vs dense and strong — which face for packing cases, which for structure.
Read the guide →MarineMarine plywood thickness guide
Which thickness for hull, bulkhead, deck and transom — and why grade beats millimetres.
Read the guide →StampsHow to read a plywood grade stamp
What the marks on a panel edge actually tell you: standard, grade, thickness and the licence behind them. And which of them a buyer can check independently.
Read the guide →ComplianceFormaldehyde: E1, CARB and TSCA
Which limit applies in which market, what evidence each one needs, and why a mill test certificate is not the same thing as certification.
Read the guide →From our notebook
The factory, our reach & pricing
Our plywood factory
Where the boards are actually made — the Perumbavoor unit, the line from peeling and drying through pressing, sizing and grading, and how to arrange a visit or a buyer audit.
See the factory →Pan-IndiaPlywood manufacturer in India
Factory-direct supply across India: the grades we make, truckload quantities, and how dispatch works from Kerala to your site or plant.
Read more →KeralaPlywood manufacturer in Kerala
Our home state — the Perumbavoor plywood cluster, what our group has made there since 1986, and how local and pan-India supply differ.
Read more →PricingPlywood price guide
What actually moves plywood pricing — thickness, core, face veneer and quantity — and how to read a quote. Indicative guidance only; every order is quoted to your spec.
Open the guide →ExportHow an export order runs
Enquiry to FOB Cochin, step by step — specification, sampling, the proforma invoice, fumigation and ISPM-15 marking, container stuffing and the documents that travel with it.
Read more →LoadingRubberwood ply & container weight
Why dense plywood weighs out a container long before it cubes out, and how to work back from the payload limit to the number of sheets you can actually ship.
Read more →PricesPerumbavoor price tracker
What moves plywood pricing in the Perumbavoor cluster — timber supply, core species, glue and season. Indicative direction only; every order is quoted to your spec.
Read more →ReachWhere we ship
The lanes we work: the GCC, Sri Lanka and Turkey, South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, the Netherlands, and the United States and Caribbean. Quoted in USD, papers ready before cut-off.
Read more →GroupForty years in Perumbavoor
How a 1986 sawmill became the group behind these panels, who runs it now, and what the operation looks like four decades on.
Read more →Field notes for buyers
Working posts on plywood specs, export packing rules, container loading math and crating economics — written for the people who source from us.
ISPM-15 HT-stamp validity & re-stamping rules
When a repaired crate needs re-treatment — decision tree, customs-rejection scenarios, and the HT-IN registration workflow.
Read the post →Logistics20ft container plywood loading by thickness
Weight-vs-volume math and sheet counts by thickness for 1220×2440 and 1525×2440 — with worked Jebel Ali, Singapore and Hamburg scenarios.
Read the post →GradesBWR vs BWP for export packing
When MR grade will fail at sea — voyage duration, container condensation, IS 303 vs IS 710 chemistry, and the real cost delta.
Read the post →IncotermsFOB Cochin for plywood exporters
Incoterms 2020 FOB unpacked for Cochin Port — what your CHA bills, what's always extra, and how Cochin compares to Chennai and Tuticorin.
Read the post →SpecsPlywood cable-drum flanges (IS 10418)
IS 10418 drum-code reference, flange-diameter × ply-thickness load chart, BWR vs BWP selection, and ISPM-15 rules for exported drums.
Read the post →City guidesPlywood supply, city by city
Lane economics, port options and packing specs for 100+ industrial cities across India and the GCC — Tiruppur to Ras Laffan.
Browse the guides →Areas we serve · Live coverage
Nine city desks, dispatching now.
Each of these corridors has its own desk page — industrial context, lane economics from Kochi, and a dedicated quote link. Click any tile to see what we ship there and which sectors we feed.
Pune
Chakan · Talegaon · Ranjangaon
Auto-component, hydraulics and CKD packers across Maharashtra's western engineering belt — daily truck lanes from Kochi.
See the Pune desk →Pumps + Textile machineryCoimbatore
Singanallur · SIDCO · Vellalore
Pump, motor and textile-machinery exporters in South India's "Manchester" — heavy-component crates and skids ex-Kochi.
See the Coimbatore desk →Auto + ElectronicsChennai
Sriperumbudur · Oragadam · Ennore
EHTP, the Oragadam auto belt and Ennore Port — automotive export packing and SMT electronics dunnage for the Detroit of India.
See the Chennai desk →Pharma + JNPT gatewayMumbai
MMR · Nhava Sheva · Tarapur
Pharma, FMCG and engineering exporters via Nhava Sheva — moisture-barrier liners and FCL skids dispatched daily.
See the Mumbai desk →North India gatewayDelhi NCR
Manesar · Faridabad · Noida
Manesar engineering, Faridabad foundry and Noida electronics — packing skids and pallets for the northern industrial belt.
See the Delhi NCR desk →Western corridor + portsAhmedabad
GIDC · Sanand · Mundra/Pipavav
GIDC manufacturers, Vatva, Sanand and Halol — port-side plywood for Mundra and Pipavav exporters.
See the Ahmedabad desk →Pharma + BiotechHyderabad
Genome Valley · Patancheru · Pashamylaram
Pharma APIs, biotech and ITeS hardware exporters — temperature-stable crating from the Telangana belt.
See the Hyderabad desk →Aerospace + ElectronicsBengaluru
KIADB Aerospace · Peenya · Whitefield
Aerospace components, Peenya MSME engineering, Whitefield electronics and biotech — splinter-free SEZ-grade crates.
See the Bengaluru desk →Pharma + Steel + SeafoodVisakhapatnam
JNPC · Steel plant · Sri City SEZ
JNPC pharma, shore-based steel, seafood exporters and Sri City SEZ — east-coast packing line out of the Vizag corridor.
See the Vizag desk →Expanding to
Pan-India coverage roadmap
We dispatch to every state in India today — these are the corridors getting their own desk pages next. Green pills are live now; outlined pills are queued. If yours is queued, send the spec and we'll fast-track it.
Andhra Pradesh 7 live
Telangana 4 live
Odisha 4 live
Jharkhand 3 live
Export markets
GCC — six countries, port-direct.
FCL containers ex-Cochin Port to every major GCC corridor. ISPM-15 HT-stamped crates and IS 710 BWP packing plywood, with documentation handled by the Cochin Wood group's export desk.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Jebel Ali · Hamriyah · Khalifa
Have a spec in hand?
Skip the reading — send us the spec and destination port and we'll quote it within one business day.
Sector playbooks
Buying guides from the blog.
- Export crate and pallet buying checklist
- Choosing shuttering plywood for site builds
- Sourcing flush doors and block boards for projects
- MR or BWR for fitted joinery
- Buying marine plywood for boatyards
- How plywood is made
- How to get an accurate plywood quote
- Export documents for plywood shipments
- IS 4990 shuttering plywood standard explained
- FSC plywood and EUDR for importers
- Formaldehyde compliance for plywood exports