For the wood panels segment, 1Q exports totaled 129,000 cubic metres, up 43.3% compared to a year ago, when 90,000 cubic metres were exported. Paper exports totaled 462,000 tons in the first quarter of this year, 3.5% lower year-over-year.
In the first three months of 2015 pulp production reached 4.1 million tons, up 7% from 3.9 million tons produced in the same period a year ago.
Wood panel production was practically stable at 1.9 million cubic metres. Paper production also remained practically stable from January through March 2015 at 2.5 million tons.
Domestic wood panel sales achieved 1.8 million cubic metres in the 1Q 2015, up 1.4% year-over-year. Paper sales totaled 1,300 tons, 7% lower than in the same period in 2014.
1Q exports revenues from pulp, paper and wood panels totaled $1.8 billion in 2015, a 3.1% increase year-over-year. The industry’s trade balance in the first three months of the year reached $1.4 billion, 7.5% higher compared than in the same period a year ago.
