According to a report this past week by papnews.com, Brazil's pulp exports totaled 7.8 million metric tons from January through September 2014, a 12.6% increase compared with the same period in 2013, when exports totaled 6.9 million tons. The exported volume of wood panels totaled 419,000 cubic meters this year, a 32.2% growth year-over-year, when 317,000 cubic meters were exported. Paper exports totaled 1.4 million tons for the first nine months this year, a 1.9% variation y/y.

 

Exports revenue. For the first nine months of 2014, export revenues from pulp, wood panels, and paper totaled $5.5 billion, which represents a 1.9% increase y/y, when total revenues were $5.4 billion. The industry’s balance of trade from January through September is $4.1 billion, equal to a 4.1% increase on the balance compared with the same period last year. Pulp sales to China, the second largest market for this Brazilian product, totaled $1.2 billion, a 7.5% increase compared with 2013.

 

Production. YTD pulp production reached 12.0 million metric tons, a 7.7% growth y/y, when 11.2 million metric tons were produced. Wood panel production was 5.9 million cubic meters, a 2.3% increase compared with the same period last year. For the paper segment, production from January through September totaled 7.8 million metric tons, a 0.4% variation compared with the same period in 2013.

 

Domestic sales. From January through September 2014, pulp sales in the domestic market increased 3.9% compared with the same period in 2013, totaling 1.3 million metric tons. For paper, sales in the domestic market showed a 0.2% variation y/y, totaling 4.2 million metric tons. Domestic sales of wood panels totaled 5.4 million cubic meters, 0.4% lower y/y.