Wood-based panels

This chapter covers both structural panels (plywood made from cross-laminated veneer, and oriented strandboard – OSB – made from wood strands bonded together) and non-structural panels (particle board and fibreboard). The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System for classifying traded products (also called the Harmonized System) includes OSB as particle board. It is treated as a separate product here, however, because OSB and particle board differ in their manufacture and use and in the raw materials used to make them.