In the first two months of 2015, pulp exports totaled 1.8 million tons, 6.3% higher than in the same period a year ago, when 1.7 million tons were exported. For the wood panels segment, the amount exported in the first two months of the year totaled 72,000 cubic metres, a 26.3% growth compared to a year ago, when exports totaled 57,000 cubic metres. Paper exports totaled 293,000 tons in the first two months of this year, 8.7% lower year-over-year.
Pulp sales in the domestic market in the first two months of 2015 remained practically stable year-over-year, totaling 291,000 tons. In the wood panels segment, domestic market sales reached one million cubic metres, 8.7% lower year-over-year. Paper sales totaled 837,000 tons, 7% lower than in the same period in 2014.
In the first two months of 2015, export revenues from pulp, wood panels and paper totaled $1.1 billion, a 6.3% drop from $1.2 billion in the same period a year ago. The industry's balance of trade in the first two months of the year was $899 million, 4.4% lower compared to the same period in 2014.
