May 18, 2004. /Lesprom Network/. European consumers declined pulp stores down 0,3% in April 2005. The following data was announced by UTIPULP European pulp consumers’ association. The growth occurred accompanied by the pulp stores world growth by 2,9% in March 2004. Pulp stores declined by 4,276 tons from 1,306 million tons in March 2004 to 1,301 million tons in April 2004. Pulp store in April resulted 37,525 tons above (+3%) compared with the prior period in 2003 (1,264 million tons). Pulp consumption declined 7% to 1,201 in April 2004, up 1% compared with the prior period in 2003 (1,190 million tons). UTIPULP statistics contains information about Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.