Birch Or Maple Plywood. However, maple wood can be divided into soft maple and hard maple. In fact, birch has been used to mimic maple as a less costly alternative. Stocks baltic birch b/bb plywood in 5' x 5' panels.
When you consider the cost of the two you will see that birch is not going to cost nearly as much as maple.
However, because most cabinets are made using some portion of uniform plywood, don't expect the total cost of the project to be 80 percent less than with maple. Well you're in luck, because here they come. The raw materials alone cost up to 80 percent less. A wide there are 100 suppliers who sells birch and maple plywood on alibaba.com, mainly located in asia. Are made from 3/4″ plywood. 3mm 1/8 x 12 x 20 inch premium baltic birch plywood b/bb grade, pack of 20 flat sheets by woodpeckers. Made into plywood, the two species look similar. As with other hardwood plywood, maple plywood is generally maple veneered on both faces, with a lesser expensive hardwood core.