Tuesday, March 6, 2012

2011 Chinese Pulp Imports Up 26.2%, RCP 12%


Pulp imports for 2011 totaled some 14.340 million tonnes, a jump of +26.2% from the previous year.  2011 BSK imports rose +45.9%. China's total pulp imports fell -16.7% in January as compared to the same month last year and BSK pulp imports were down -21.8%. 
2011 RCP imports totaled around 27.280 million tonnes last year, up +12.0% from 2010. China's total recovered paper (RCP) imports declined -25% for January as compared to the same month in 2011.