During the first eleven months of 2016, Brazil's export volume for the three segments (pulp, wood panels, and paper) evolved in comparison with the same period last year and contributed to the positive trade balance in the sector, which has reached $6 billion (+2.3%), Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) reported.
Pulp made a positive contribution with $4.7 billion (-0.1%), paper added $1 billion (+9.7%) and wood panels contributed $220 million (+29.4%).
From January to November 2016, the pulp sector exported a volume of 11.7 million tons (+11.6%), the paper sector exported 1.9 million tons (+2.5%) and the wood panel sector exported 932,000 cubic metres (+65.2%).
Latin America is still the main destination for exports from the paper and wooden panels sectors, accounting for 60.3% ($1 billion) and 54% ($121 million), respectively. For pulp, the greatest share went to the Chinese market with 37.9% ($1.9 billion), followed by Europe with 33.1% ($1.7 billion).
In the first eleven months of the year, the sector recorded exports of $6.9 billion (-2.1%); pulp reached $5 billion (-1.2%), paper $1.7 billion (7.3%), and wood panels $224 million (+27.3%).
In the same period, Brazilian pulp production reached 17.1 million tons (+8.5%) and paper remained stable with a total of 9.5 million tons.
Paper sales in the domestic market recorded 4.9 million tons (-0.4%) between January and November of 2016, while the wood panels segment recorded more than 5.7 million cubic metres (-3.3%).
