US: Gypsum wallboard producers sold 1.32Bnm2 of gypsum wallboard in the first half of 2022, a similar amount to that in the first half of 2021. Total supply of gypsum fell by 2% to 20.3Mt from 20.8Mt. This was due to decline in mined gypsum supplies, although imports rose and synthetic gypsum supply remained the same.
Exports of gypsum wallboard fell slightly year-on-year to 18.6Mm2 throughout the second quarter of 2022, up by 10% year-on-year from 16.9Mm2. Canada received 95% of US gypsum wallboard exports. The US imported 22.9Mm2 of gypsum wallboard from eight countries. The figure corresponds to an increase of 10% year-on-year and 3% quarter-on-quarter. Mexico supplied 91% of US gypsum wallboard imports, followed by Canada with 8%.
