US: Gypsum wallboard companies sold 629Mm2 of gypsum wallboard in the first quarter of 2022, in line with first-quarter 2021 sales, according to US Geological Survey (USGS) figures. They exported 16.9Mm2, up by 6% year-on-year from first-quarter 2021 volumes. Canada received 15Mm2, 94% of exports. The US Census Bureau recorded gypsum wallboard imports of 22.2Mm2, up by 28% year-on-year. Mexico supplied 19.1Mm2 (86%), while Canada supplied 2.89Mm2 (13%).
In the first quarter of 2022, national natural gypsum production was 5.33Mt, up by 2.1% year-on-year from 5.22Mt in the first quarter of 2021.
