The trade balance for the Brazilian planted tree industry surpassed $5.5 billion from January to September of 2017, a growth of 12.1% compared to the same period of 2016. During the first nine months of the year, the industry recorded $6.3 billion in exports (+10.3%), with pulp sales abroad reaching $4.6 billion (+13.2%), paper sales of $1.4 billion (+0.6%), and wood panels sales of $212 million (+19.8%), as the Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
For the combined period spanning January to September of this year, China held firm as the main destination for Brazilian pulp (40.3%), representing revenues of $1.9 billion (+21.5%). The second largest destination for pulp was Europe, which during this period was responsible for 31.5% of exports, corresponding to $1.5 billion (+5.8%). Latin American countries continued to be the main markets for paper and wood panels during the first nine months of the year, with export revenues of $928 million (+11.7%) and $111 million (+16.8%), respectively.
Brazilian pulp continues to demonstrate positive numbers in the foreign market. Between January and September 2017, 10 million tons were sold abroad (+4.2%).
During the same period, paper exports remained practically stable with 1.6 million tons (-0.2%). The wood panels segment reached 937,000 cubic metres sold to other countries (+27.7%).
During the first three quarters of 2017, Brazilian pulp production reached 14.3 million tons (+2.7%). Paper manufacturing registered 7.8 million tons (+0.7%).
From January to September 2017, domestic sales of paper surpassed the 4 million ton mark (-0.5%), while the wood panels sector registered internal sales of 4.8 million cubic metres (+1.7%).
