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Chinese pulp imports
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%
Brazil’s pulp exports
Brazil’s Pulp and Paper Assn (Bracelpa) reported today that bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp exports grew 15.8% to 678,000 tonnes in August compared to the same month of 2010. Meanwhile, apparent consumption dropped 11.2% to 458,000 tonnes and production edged up 4%, totaling 1.2 million tonnes.
Bracelpa‘s numbers also convey that the country‘s domestic pulp sales declined 3.8% to 128,000 tonnes in August from a year ago.
Through August, Brazil‘s pulp apparent consumption decreased 1.3% from 4.09 million tonnes to 4.03 million tonnes. In the period, Brazilian paper use flattened at 6.15 million tonnes while output also remained stable at 6.54 million tonnes.