The general trend is that the production of wrapping paper and paperboard for packaging is increasing while production of newsprint and printing paper is decreasing.
Production of paper and paperboard in Sweden fell by 5.7% to 2.6 million tonnes in the 2Q 2014 compared with the same quarter in 2013.
Production of newsprint continues to decrease and fell by 28.5% during this period. Printing and writing paper fell by 11.9%, while there was an increase by 4.4% in the production of other paper and paperboard grades.
Production of wood pulp has stabilized and remained at the same level as the 2Q 2013 at 2.9 million tonnes. Production of sulphate pulp which is the largest grade increased while mechanical and semi-chemical pulp decreased in the 2Q 2014 compared with the same quarter 2013.
