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Ten new plants are due to be built in Brazil with and output likely to surpass 20 million tons by 2020. The industry's positive situation will have a favorable effect on ABTCP 2010, the event held by the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Technical Association

ABTCP 2010 - which includes the events ABTCP-TAPPI 2010- 43rd International Pulp and Paper Congress and Exhibition and ABTCP-TISSUE 2010 - 1st Latin American Tissue Symposium and Exhibition to be held October 4-6 in São Paulo, will be held in the context of booming investments in the sector.

Many projects had been put "on hold" due to the financial crisis, but now the market is favorable again and new players are coming to Brazil with plans for new plants that may well double pulp output by mid-2020.

Brazil will have 10 new plants by mid-2020 with an annual capacity of over 20 million tons, reports Carlos Farinha e Silva, one of Brazil's top pulp and paper specialists, vice president of Finnish consultants Pöyry, and ABTCP committee member. Brazil's economic development bank (BNDES) has announced R$ 19 billion in lending facilities for private-sector projects until the year 2013.
"All the investments that were postponed due the international economic crisis are starting to take shape and grow as of this year," he emphasized. "Brazil is doing very well and tracking the recovery trend in the world's pulp and paper industry, with the added advantage of having the world's best eucalyptus plantations." In addition to new projects underway, Brazil's output is due to rise between 2010 and 2011 on the basis of updating existing production lines.
With annual output at 14 million tons of pulp, Brazil is well placed to meet the growth in world demand - between 3 and 4% a year - and has already overtaken Sweden and Finland in volume terms.

Latin America's pulp output is expected to average 4% annual growth, with paper volume growing at an average 3.1%. Demand for paper is driven by the tissue (toilet) and packaging segment, in which Brazil's growth is likely to outstrip the world average with over 4% a year for a number of years.

Pulp prices on the international market are also positive factors. When plants in Chile shut down in February this year, due to the earthquake there, the market price per ton of pulp soared to over US$ 900 from US$ 450 in October of the previous year. Farinha adds that "with Chile's plants coming back to normal, prices may well steady at around US$ 800 per ton."

The favorable outlook for the sector includes around 2,000 new jobs, with another 10,000 outsourcers as construction work peaks. So this is the optimistic background for Latin America's top pulp and paper event, ABTCP 2010, which includes the events ABTCP-TAPPI 2010 - 43rd Pulp and Paper Congress and Exhibition, which ABTCP will be holding in partnership with TAPPI, its counterpart in the United States, and ABTCP-TISSUE 2010 -1st Latin American Tissue Symposium and Exhibition - focusing on production and distribution of tissue paper for sanitary purposes - to be held in São Paulo, October 4-6.

ABTCP 2010 will be drawing around 180 exhibitors and over 15,000 visitors, including pulp and paper manufacturers from all over the world, as well as manufacturing and packaging firms, in an environment conducive to new partnerships and access to the latest technology for the sector, as well as opportunities to exchange knowledge.

Itaú has also started an education program to promote the benefits of FSC certification among partners and employees. Itaú’s commitment to FSC confirms the increasing awareness of FSC among Brazilian businesses and consumers. São Paulo’s daily newspaper Metro, with a circulation of over 150,000, is also printing on FSC paper.

Friends of the Earth – Brazilian Amazonia conducted a poll in 2009 to assess the knowledge of the population on environmental issues. Results showed that recognition of FSC among the Brazilian public has increased to 22% in 2009 from 1% in 2006. They also showed that 81% of the population would prefer certified forest products, and are willing to pay a little more than for non-certified products.

In 2009, the company planted approximately 73 million eucalyptus seedlings on its own properties; 21 million of which were allocated for the two new mills.

Suzano Pulp and Paper, one of the leading integrated pulp and paper producers in Latin America, will plant more than 145 million eucalyptus seedlings throughout 2010 to develop its forestry base. The eucalyptus trees will supply the industrial units currently in operation and the new growth cycle, allowing the company to reach, over the next decade, an annual production capacity of 7.2 million tons of pulp. This investment cycle encompasses two new mills, one in Maranhão State and another in Piauí State, which should startup in 2013 and 2014 respectively, and a third site yet to be determined, in addition to the Mucuri Unit expansion.

With this forestry investment, the company will plant approximately 398,000 trees a day.  In 2009, the company planted approximately 73 million eucalyptus seedlings on its own properties; 21 million of which were allocated for the two new mills. In order to achieve these goals, Suzano invested R$ 361.1 million that year alone. In 2010, the company will intensify the work at the Forestry Units in Piauí and Maranhão, which will result in 70 million seedlings  counting on the support from its nursery in Maranhão that has a capacity to produce 12 million seedlings annually, and a nursery to be set up in Piauí, with a forecasted production of 30 million seedlings per year.

Currently, the company has met 75% of its needs for land to supply the Maranhão mill and 100% of the land to ensure production in Piauí as from 2014. Over 1,700 direct employees and outsourced personnel are already working in the states of Maranhão and Piauí to meet the labor requirements needed to set up the forestry base for the units contemplated in the new growth cycle.

Also last year, Suzano plantations captured 4.3 million tons of carbon in comparison to the approximately one million tons of the gas it released into the atmosphere  a positive balance.

source:
http://www.suzano.com.br

The government of Brazil this week released the final retaliation list on U.S. goods in its dispute over U.S. cotton subsidies, and the final list does not include pulp, paper or wood products.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized Brazil to retaliate against the U.S. for non-compliance with its ruling in a dispute on cotton subsidies.  A preliminary retaliation list issued by Brazil’s government last November included several pulp and paper products with a value of about $120 million, which if included on the final list could have been subject to 100 percent tariffs.

“We support free and fair trade and are especially pleased that pulp and paper products were removed from the final retaliation list by the Brazilian government,” said American Forest & Paper (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman.

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Certified Brazil Trade Fair, a biannual event on FSC certified forest products since 2004, will now also include certified agricultural products. It will bring together producers and potential clients of products that are environmentally appropriate and socially beneficial.

Certification is a market tool that assures the consumer that the origin of the product he buys, either from the forest or the farm, is known and that it meets strict international standards. In order to obtain certification, forest and agricultural enterprises must undergo social and environmental evaluations that confirm that they are managed in a way that favor environmental conservation and social benefits.

The trade fair will focus on products certified according to two types of certification schemes: the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which develops international standards for responsable forest management and the SAN (Sustainable Agriculture Network), whose Rainforest Alliance Certified label ensures responsible agricultural practices.

During this three day event, participants will be able to take part in the Business Forum, a space designed to host discussions on environmental issues related to the agricultural and forest sectors.

Time and place
April 07-09 2010 São Paulo, SP - Brazil
General Visitors Hours: 01:00 pm to 08:00 pm