China’s total pulp imports surged 23.6% in August from the previous month, to around 1.192 million tonnes, according to data from China Customs (see table below).
The figure was 40.1% higher than the 850,936 tonnes recorded in August last year.
Pulp imports for the first eight months of this year totaled some 9.345 million tonnes, up 26.8% from the previous year.
CHINESE PULP IMPORTS (TONNES)
BSK pulp BHK pulp Total pulp
August 2011 432,632 460,147 1,192,333
July 2011 469,829 283,304 964,440
% change -7.9% 62.4% 23.6%
August 2010 301,159 343,469 850,936
% change 43.7% 34.0% 40.1%
Year-to-date 2011 3,803,965 3,312,590 9,345,261
Year-to-date 2010 2,495,020 3,037,140 7,367,846
% change 52.5% 9.1% 26.8%