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.