In 2005 Italian Assocarta increased paper and cardboard production by 3.4%

Jun 15, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. In 2005 Assocarta (Italy) increased paper and cardboard production by 3.4% to 10 million tonnes, enterprise reported. Company’s turnover decreased from Euro 7.6 million in 2001 to Euro 7.4 million in 2005. Share of export in total sales rose by 6.1% to 3.4 million tonnes, or 34%. Import volume declined by 1.2% to five million tonnes Writing and printing paper production declined by 4.3%, newsprint – by 0.7%. Cardboard and packaging production rose by 3.4%.