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Text no.: 018 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
Spain: suppliers of most grades
demand higher prices for 2006
Hikes in woodfree segment fail - Copy paper prices seen to recede
Price hikes were the principal issue in November in almost all segments of the Spanish paper market. Negotiations over
next year’s prices began in various paper segments.... more
Text no.: 020 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
EUWID Price Watch Italy
November 2005
Prices in € per ton free delivered unless otherwise stated
November 2005 October 2005 November 2004
Recovered paper (prices ex works)
Mixed (A2/1.02)... more
Text no.: 015 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
No major pulp price movements
expected to occur in December
After pulp prices remained largely unchanged in November, market experts are now expecting no more than slight lateral
movement in prices for the last month of the year, even though ordering activity is said to be still relatively good.
However,... more
Text no.: 008 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
PAN Paper Industry
acquires plant in Belgrade
The Croatian company PAN papirna industrija d.o.o. (PAN Paper Industry Ltd.) has acquired Fabrika hartije Beograd AD
in Belgrade, Serbia. The acquired factory has two machines and produces 50,000 tpy of paper, primarily testliner. Its PM
4 is... more
Text no.: 005 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
Kemira to invest into new
paper chemicals facility
Kemira Chemicals will make an investment in a production plant for paper chemicals in Yixing, China. The new unit will be
connected to Kemira’s existing water treatment chemicals plant, located around 160 km from Shanghai. The Yixing plants
will... more
Text no.: 011 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
Russian paper industry less
dynamic in first half of 2005
According to the Russian Bumprom association, the country’s pulp and paper industry registered an increase of only
3.5% in the first half of 2005, down from 6.3% in the first six months of 2004 and 5.4% for 2004 as a whole – a clear sign
of... more
Text no.: 022 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
Spain: production, exports,
imports, apparent consumption
January - June 2005
(,000 tons) Production Exports Imports Apparent
Consumption
% % % %
2005 05/04 2005 05/04 2005... more
Text no.: 024 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
North American forest
products industry results
3rd quarter 9 months
million US$ Sales Net profit (loss) Sales Net profit (loss)
* million C$ 2005 2004... more
Text no.: 003 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
Domtar to close and
sell mills, cut costs
Domtar Inc. of Canada said that it would take a number of measures aimed at returning the company to profitability. The
company’s plans include closures of paper mills and sawmills, the sale of a paper mill and cost-cutting initiatives.
Key... more
Text no.: 012 Issue PP49/2005 Publication date: 07.12.2005
Export fees in Russia
are undergoing changes
Russia plans to abolish its export fees for bleached softwood sulphate pulp. Reports indicate that the measure to cut the
customs tariffs from currently 5% to zero is being promoted by German Gref, the Russian minister of economics.
However, the... more