For the first nine months of 2014, exports revenues from pulp, wood panels and paper totaled $5.5 billion, which represents a 1.9% increase year-over-year, when total revenues were $5.4 billion. The industry’s balance of trade from January through September is $4.1 billion, equal to a 4.1% increase on the balance compared to the same period last year. Pulp sales to China, the second largest market for this Brazilian product, totaled $1.2 billion, a 7.5% increase compared to 2013.
YTD pulp production reached 12 million tons, a 7.7% growth year-over-year, when 11.2 million tons were produced. Wood panel production was 5.9 million cubic metres, a 2.3% increase compared to the same period last year. For the paper segment, production from January through September totaled 7.8 million tons, a 0.4% variation compared to the same period in 2013.
From January through September 2014, pulp sales in the domestic market increased 3.9% compared to the same period in 2013, totaling 1.3 million tons. For paper, sales in the domestic market showed a 0.2% variation year-over-year, totaling 4.2 million tons. Domestic sales of wood panels totaled 5.4 million cubic metres, 0.4% lower year over year.
