Apr 30, 2009. Global market pulp shipments continued to be lower than a year earlier, falling by 4.2% in March. But the decline was much less than in February and January.
PPPC: World pulp shipments down 4.2% in March
Apr 30, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Global chemical paper-grade market pulp shipments continued to be lower than a year earlier, falling by 4.2% to 3.464 million tons in March, according to statistics released by the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC). However, the decline was much less than February and January's respective figures of 10.4 and 12.4%, as Papernet informed Lesprom Network.
The PPPC said record shipments to China helped offset an 18% drop to other markets and to help push the overall shipment-to-capacity ratio back above 90% for only the second time since June.
China was the only region showing a year-over-year increase in demand, while several other key regions - North America, Western Europe, and Japan - had double-digit percentage reductions.
The world pulp figures represent 80% of the global capacity and include the stocks of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Uruguay, and the U.S.
