Europe October Market Pulp Consumption Declines
European consumption of purchased pulp was down 0.2% y/y in October, according to UTIPULP, with BSK (bleached softwood kraft) pulp down 2.1% and BHK (bleached hardwood kraft) pulp up 1.7%.
Through the first 10 months of this year purchased pulp consumption was virtually unchanged from a year ago, with BHK up 2.3% and BSK down 2%.
BSK share of total BKP (bleached kraft pulp) consumption was 38.9% in October, down from 39.9% in October 2013 and from well above 45% prior to 2008.
This information is provided courtesy of:
TAPPI
http://www.tappi.org/