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– Producers’ worldwide pulp stocks increased sharply in July. According to the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC), days of stock rose by 5 against June to a total of 39. Here, the market for bleached hardwood pulp was particularly weak with growth of 7 days to 48. As such, manufactures’ stocks are as high as they last were at the beginning of 2009. Bleached softwood pulp increased by 4 to 32 days.
PPPC says worldwide deliveries fell by 11.1% to 3.25 million t (June 11: 3.65 million t), 2.49% lower than last year (July 10: 3.32 million t). Global reduction in demand is also reflected in the figures for the individual regions. Reductions against the previous month were registered everywhere in July except in Latin America and Oceania.
Pulp consumption in Europe was also slightly regressive in July. Utipulp statistics for the month show that at 1.01 million t, European paper manufacturers converted almost 9,000 t less pulp than in June (June 11: 1.01 million t). 1.03 million t was consumed in the corresponding month of last year.
Converters’ stocks in Europe rose by 2.7% to 703,135 t (June 11: 684,479 t).
31.08.2011
Markets
- German paper market still suffering from seasonal effects and inventory destocking
- Sharp increase in worldwide pulp stocks in July
- World market pulp statistics
- Inventories and consumption of pulp consumers in Europe
- Will India’s pulp market follow in China’s footsteps?
- Russian pulp and paper industry still hoping for strong investors
- Spain’s new waste legislation gives rise to debates in the recovered paper industry
- Expansion plans in the pulp sector will lead to substantial growth in hardwood pulp capacities
- Stagnation in Finnish paper production in first half-year
- Baypapier: energy policy is threat to paper industry
- More capacity increases reported again in Europe
Companies
- Ahlstrom considering job cuts at Karhula and Mikkeli mills
- Segezha Packaging mill in Saransk standing still after fire
- Italy’s paper industry calls for change
- Mayr-Melnhof establishes third packaging site in Turkey
- Kipas Holding to enter recycled containerboard market
- Hunsfos Fabrikker in financial dire straits
- Bong to cease envelope production in Belgium
- Tullis Russell to axe 43 jobs in Markinch
- ICT commissions a new tissue machine in France
- New Page to indefinitely close Port Hawkesbury mill
- Abitibi Bowater invests and cuts jobs at Iroquois Falls mill