The company's NDeX South and NDeX Indiana platforms, regional mortgage default processing services, are being sold in separate transactions to separate firms, but will bring in a total consideration of $17.5 million, according to a statement on The Dolan Company website.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Dolan Sells Two Business Services Assets
The company's NDeX South and NDeX Indiana platforms, regional mortgage default processing services, are being sold in separate transactions to separate firms, but will bring in a total consideration of $17.5 million, according to a statement on The Dolan Company website.
May Commercial Print Ships Fall
May 2013 US commercial printing shipments were
$7.01 billion, down -$317 million (-4.3%) compared to 2012, and down by -$417
million after adjusting for inflation (-5.6%). April printing shipments were
revised up by +$34 million, to $6.724 billion. May was the first month since
October 2012 to register more than $7 billion in shipments. For the first five months
of 2013, shipments are down -1.3%, -2.8% after inflation.
Tribune Co. to Split in Two
Ending months of speculation, the Tribune Company announced on Wednesday
that it would spin off its newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times and The
Chicago Tribune, into a separate division called Tribune Publishing Company.
Its broadcasting properties would remain together in the Tribune Company.
The move mirrors one by News Corporation, which this summer spun off its newspapers into a discrete division. The common motivation is an effort to separate high-value, high-return entertainment and television assets from newspapers, which face a difficult operating environment that has dragged down earnings.
The Tribune Company, which emerged from bankruptcy at the end of 2012, signaled last week that it saw a bright future in broadcasting when it purchased 19 television stations in 16 markets, bringing its total number of television stations to 42 and giving the company a large footprint in the local television business.
The move mirrors one by News Corporation, which this summer spun off its newspapers into a discrete division. The common motivation is an effort to separate high-value, high-return entertainment and television assets from newspapers, which face a difficult operating environment that has dragged down earnings.
The Tribune Company, which emerged from bankruptcy at the end of 2012, signaled last week that it saw a bright future in broadcasting when it purchased 19 television stations in 16 markets, bringing its total number of television stations to 42 and giving the company a large footprint in the local television business.
Two Sides Challenges EEPN Claims
It has come to the notice
of Two Sides that the EEPN, European Environmental Paper Network, who claim to
be ‘a network of non-profit organizations working together to accelerate social
and environmental transformation in the paper industry’, is making claims about
the sustainability of the paper and associated industries which either require
substantiation or retraction. ‘EEPN Paper Facts’
EEPN, amongst a number of questionable assertions and claims, falsely states that the paper industry is “one of the most destructive industries of our time’ and responsible for ‘a wide range of harmful environmental impacts’, ‘negative social impacts’ and ‘human rights abuses’. Whilst recognising that isolated problems can be found in any large industry Two Sides firmly disputes the implied scale of the impacts raised and, in the European context of the EEPN’s focus, questions the origin and accuracy of these assertions.
EEPN, amongst a number of questionable assertions and claims, falsely states that the paper industry is “one of the most destructive industries of our time’ and responsible for ‘a wide range of harmful environmental impacts’, ‘negative social impacts’ and ‘human rights abuses’. Whilst recognising that isolated problems can be found in any large industry Two Sides firmly disputes the implied scale of the impacts raised and, in the European context of the EEPN’s focus, questions the origin and accuracy of these assertions.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Newark Group Announces 5% Increase
The
Newark Group (www.newarkgroup.com), a leader in the collection of secondary
fibers and the manufacturing and converting of 100% recycled paperboard in the
U.S. and Canada, today announced a 5% price increase for all converting
products including: tubes, cores, chipboard roll heads, chipboard sheets, laminated
paperboard sheets, floor protection, panels, spines, game boards and packaging
offerings. This increase will be effective with all orders shipped on or after
Monday, July 22, 2013.
IP Faces Dilema with Ticonderoga Pipeline Proposal
In
Shoreham last week residents asked some difficult questions of the primary
beneficiary of a Vermont Gas Systems pipeline that seeks to cross through the
town en route from Middlebury to Ticonderoga, N.Y. The responses caught
International Paper in a Catch-22 scenario: the paper company had to represent
the need for the lower cost fuel as something so important it might be the
difference between staying open or closing, yet when questioned about the
plant's fragile long-term viability, plant officials had to suggest that it had
a bright future because the hardwood forest that feeds the mill were nearby and
relatively rare and such a valuable resource could not found in many places
around the world.
NewPage and Omya to Construct PPC Plant, Escanaba
NewPage
Corporation (NewPage) and Omya have entered into a long-term supply agreement
to build a Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) plant, located at the NewPage
Escanaba paper mill site. The plant will create seven new jobs.
PCC
is an essential raw material used in the papermaking process. It lends to key
properties such as bulk, opacity, brightness and whiteness. PCC is manufactured
using lime and carbon dioxide (CO2).The Escanaba mill currently purchases PCC from another supplier. With the PCC plant on-site, the mill will save on transportation costs. Lime needed for the PCC manufacturing process will be purchased from the Upper Peninsula.
July 15 Start Up Planned for Monadnock
The
Monadnock Paper Mills in Bennington is expecting to be back in business Monday,
after a major electrical fire last week knocked out power to the entire
building.
A three-alarm electrical fire was reported early Wednesday morning in what Bennington Fire Chief Mike Roina said was the most significant fire in Bennington in his 13 years with the department.
While the fire was contained to the electrical room in the basement of the building, the damage knocked out power to the entire operation. The building had been scheduled to shut down operations later that afternoon to complete a regular summer maintenance, and the mill had intended to start up again by mid-July.
A three-alarm electrical fire was reported early Wednesday morning in what Bennington Fire Chief Mike Roina said was the most significant fire in Bennington in his 13 years with the department.
While the fire was contained to the electrical room in the basement of the building, the damage knocked out power to the entire operation. The building had been scheduled to shut down operations later that afternoon to complete a regular summer maintenance, and the mill had intended to start up again by mid-July.
New Owner Plans to Demolish Sartell Mill
A
paper mill that has stood on the banks of the Mississippi River for more than a
century could soon be coming down.
AIM
Development bought the Verso Paper plant in Sartell after an explosion and fire
last year. A St. Cloud Times report (http://on.sctimes.com/15nd8lH ) says the
company is seeking a permit to begin demolishing the structure.The Sartell City Council is expected to consider the permit request at its meeting Monday.
FSC, PEFC Joint Statement on Proposed ISO Standard
FSC and PEFC, the two organisations together accounting for some 98% of the
world's certified forests and chain of custody certificates, called upon
members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to not
support a proposal for an ISO standard to be developed for certified forest
products as it stands.
ISO members have until the end of August to vote on such a proposal. In a joint statement to the ISO members, PEFC and FSC express their "sustained opposition" to the proposal.
FSC and PEFC state that they "strongly believe that an ISO chain of custody standard would not add value to global efforts to promote sustainable forest management through forest certification......The fundamental principles of PEFC and FSC chain of custody certification are closely aligned, allowing companies to obtain dual certification to both FSC and PEFC in an efficient and straightforward manner at minimal additional costs.... Dividing the supply and production chains results in sub optimal results".
ISO members have until the end of August to vote on such a proposal. In a joint statement to the ISO members, PEFC and FSC express their "sustained opposition" to the proposal.
FSC and PEFC state that they "strongly believe that an ISO chain of custody standard would not add value to global efforts to promote sustainable forest management through forest certification......The fundamental principles of PEFC and FSC chain of custody certification are closely aligned, allowing companies to obtain dual certification to both FSC and PEFC in an efficient and straightforward manner at minimal additional costs.... Dividing the supply and production chains results in sub optimal results".
How Cabela's, Others Prep for Peak Selling Season
http://risnews.edgl.com/retail-best-practices/How-Sears,-DSW,-Cabela-s-and-Pier-1-Prep-for-Peak-Selling-Season87296
Cabela's is seeking to further enhance its in-store experience with tests of augmented reality, adding graphics, sounds and even smells of the natural world. With these displays, the outdoors and sporting goods retailer will provide informative graphics and audio that will align with the shopper's field of view. Cabela's is also rolling out a range of mobile technology, including its Outfitter tablet app, mobile kiosks and non-transactional line-busting capabilities.
Cabela's is seeking to further enhance its in-store experience with tests of augmented reality, adding graphics, sounds and even smells of the natural world. With these displays, the outdoors and sporting goods retailer will provide informative graphics and audio that will align with the shopper's field of view. Cabela's is also rolling out a range of mobile technology, including its Outfitter tablet app, mobile kiosks and non-transactional line-busting capabilities.
New Interactive Magazine Puts Print First
The pilot issue of iLove magazine has just been sent to 13,500
carefully-targeted readers, ahead of plans to up the monthly circulation to
700,000.
The fashion and beauty title is the brainchild of Digital Space, which has
offices in Northampton and Ilkley. The firm has been working in the print-to-mobile arena for a number of years and has produced a variety of cross-media projects with major magazine and newspaper publishers. It has now decided to create its own product.
"Print, as a mechanism for triggering a response has far greater value than most people put on it," said director Adrian Fleming. "We have taken a piece of print and overlaid the sort of analytical values you’d get on an insightful web page."
M&A Value Highest in More Than a Year
A total of 392 M&A transactions and investments were announced last
month in the marketing, media, technology and business information/services industries,
according to Petsky Prunier's monthly report on M&A and investment
activity. Reported deal value totaled $21.6 billion across all segments, an
increase of 7% from $20.2 billion in May, and the highest reported monthly
value in more than a year, the investment bank said.
The number of deals increased 8% from 364 in May, for the fifth consecutive month-over-month rise.
The number of deals increased 8% from 364 in May, for the fifth consecutive month-over-month rise.
Consumer Attitudes Towards Paywalls Shifting
According to a study
by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute Study of Journalism, twice as many
consumers are willing to pay for online news content than a year ago, albeit
the numbers are still relatively low.
The study, conducted by YouGov, polled 11,000 internet users across nine countries, including the U.S.
Findings: Half of global respondents (42% of American) said they had bought a printed newspaper in the last week, but only 5% said they had paid for digital news in the same time period. This is partly because the majority of online newspapers still do not have paywalls.
The study, conducted by YouGov, polled 11,000 internet users across nine countries, including the U.S.
Findings: Half of global respondents (42% of American) said they had bought a printed newspaper in the last week, but only 5% said they had paid for digital news in the same time period. This is partly because the majority of online newspapers still do not have paywalls.
Davler Media Buys New York Spaces
http://www.foliomag.com/2013/davler-media-group-buys-new-york-spaces#.Udxt6lOYyKw
Montvale, New Jersey-based Wainscot Media, which publishes 18 regional magazines, has sold New York Spaces to Davler Media Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it includes the magazine, published 9 times per year, its website and its Top 50 Design Gala.
New York Spaces was bolstered by Wainscot's purchase of New York Home from Hour Media back in 2007 when the company folded the latter title into its existing luxury interior design magazine.
Montvale, New Jersey-based Wainscot Media, which publishes 18 regional magazines, has sold New York Spaces to Davler Media Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it includes the magazine, published 9 times per year, its website and its Top 50 Design Gala.
New York Spaces was bolstered by Wainscot's purchase of New York Home from Hour Media back in 2007 when the company folded the latter title into its existing luxury interior design magazine.
Fewer Magazine Closures, Fewer Launches
http://www.adweek.com/news/press/magazine-closures-slow-so-do-launches-151065
Food and regional titles dominated new launches, with 12 new food magazines including Allrecipes.com, a print spinoff of the popular home cooks website owned by Meredith Corp., a few annuals from Better Homes and Gardens, Edible Milwaukee, along with 10 new regional publications. The luxury trend continued, with the introduction of titles like Haute Time and Tempus and no fewer than three new Hamptons magazines: Beach, Avenue at the Beach and Daily Summer.
On the bright side, the number of closures declined, to 29 in 1H 2013 from 48 in last year's first half.
Consolidation by Bonnier Corp. and arts and crafts publisher F+W accounted for a number of them. Bonnier shuttered Garden Design in February, and its Parenting and Babytalk titles were folded when they were sold to Meredith in May.
Fewer
new magazines are launching. But fewer are folding, too.
Only
97 new print and digital magazines launched in the first half of 2013, down
from 133 in the year-ago period, according to figures released today by
MediaFinder.com, an online database of U.S. and Canadian publications.Food and regional titles dominated new launches, with 12 new food magazines including Allrecipes.com, a print spinoff of the popular home cooks website owned by Meredith Corp., a few annuals from Better Homes and Gardens, Edible Milwaukee, along with 10 new regional publications. The luxury trend continued, with the introduction of titles like Haute Time and Tempus and no fewer than three new Hamptons magazines: Beach, Avenue at the Beach and Daily Summer.
On the bright side, the number of closures declined, to 29 in 1H 2013 from 48 in last year's first half.
Consolidation by Bonnier Corp. and arts and crafts publisher F+W accounted for a number of them. Bonnier shuttered Garden Design in February, and its Parenting and Babytalk titles were folded when they were sold to Meredith in May.
Barnes & Noble CEO Resigns
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/08/news/companies/barnes-noble-ceo/index.htm
Lynch is departing after a three-year tenure in which Barnes & Noble was battered by the shift away from brick-and-mortar bookstores to e-commerce and digital products.
The company has tried to compete in the tablet market with the likes of Amazon's (AMZN, Fortune 500) Kindle and Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPad, but sales of its Nook tablets have disappointed, falling 34% in the most recent quarter.
Lynch is departing after a three-year tenure in which Barnes & Noble was battered by the shift away from brick-and-mortar bookstores to e-commerce and digital products.
The company has tried to compete in the tablet market with the likes of Amazon's (AMZN, Fortune 500) Kindle and Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPad, but sales of its Nook tablets have disappointed, falling 34% in the most recent quarter.
Bids for Maxim at $20 Million
http://adage.com/article/media/maxim-magazine-fetch-bids-20-million/243023/
Maxim magazine, the bawdy men's title that went up for sale in March, is fetching some bids of about $20 million, less than a 10th of the price its owners paid six years ago, according to people familiar with its finances.
Maxim publisher Alpha Media Group, controlled by creditor Cerberus Capital Management, is expected to lose between $3 million and $5 million this year, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the matter is confidential.
Maxim magazine, the bawdy men's title that went up for sale in March, is fetching some bids of about $20 million, less than a 10th of the price its owners paid six years ago, according to people familiar with its finances.
Maxim publisher Alpha Media Group, controlled by creditor Cerberus Capital Management, is expected to lose between $3 million and $5 million this year, according to the people, who asked not to be named because the matter is confidential.
Argos: Catalogs with Touch-Screens
Bertrand
Bodson has joined Argos as its first digital director and will oversee the
development of the retailer’s website and mobile shopping applications.
Argos,
which is owned by Home Retail Group, is investing £300m over the next three
years in a bid to revitalise its stores and digital divisions. This involves replacing the famous laminated catalogues in stores with touch–screen computers, introducing “fast track” queues to collect online orders, offering wi-fi within stores and closing around 75 stores as leases expire.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Resolute/Union Agreement Allows Restart of Ft. Frances PM
Resolute
Forest Products and Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union locals 92 and
306 have reached an agreement that will see the restart of a paper machine at
the Fort Frances mill.
More
than 40 employees are to be recalled on July 17 to run No. 7 paper machine for
up to 12 weeks.Citing challenging market conditions, Resolute shut down the kraft mill and one paper machine in Fort Frances in February, and laid off almost 240 staff and unionized employees.
Maine Offers Cate Street Capital/Great Northern Paper Help
State
leaders are working with Cate Street Capital to help the New Hampshire firm
keep its East Millinocket paper mill operational, Gov. Paul LePage said
Thursday.
"We
are trying to work with them, but it is difficult," LePage said before he
marched in the Bangor Fourth of July parade.A paper mill in Nova Scotia that receives heavy Canadian government support competes with the new Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill for its share of the newsprint market.
Stora Closes Newsprint PM Permanently
Stora
Enso has finalized negotiations with employee representatives regarding the
closure of the 205,000 tonne/yr PM 2 at its Hylte mill and the 270,000 tonne/yr
PM 11 at its Kvarnsveden mill, both in Sweden.
The
two newsprint machines were already stopped
for market-related reasons on May 16 and have not been restarted since. It
is now clear they will remain down for good. The PM closures are part of a broader round of restructuring and profitability improvement actions, which will reduce costs by a total of Euro 54 million ($70 million) annually and the number of employees at the company by 600.
Monadnock Fire May Close Mill for Months
The
Monadnock Paper Mills could be shut down for about a month after the equivalent
of a four-alarm electrical fire torched the mill's power system early this
morning, Bennington Fire Chief Mike Roina said.
Scores
of fire crews were called to the mill on Antrim Road about 3 a.m. and worked
for about three and a half hours to knock down a fire inside an electrical room
in the mill's basement, Roina said.Fire crews faced the challenge of intense heat and smoke inhalation because of the building's poor ventilation system, Roina said, adding that no one was injured.
Port Hawkesbury Biomass Plant Running Full
The
new biomass-fuelled Nova Scotia Power co-generation plant is now humming at
full capacity at the Port Hawkesbury Paper site in Point Tupper.
Mark
Sidebottom, NSP's vice-president of power generation and delivery, said on
Tuesday the commissioning comes after a 120-hour final testing process last
week.The plant has been under construction for two years and the commissioning process has taken the last six months. The $200-million project came in on budget as expected.
Lecta Closes Coated Woodfree PM
http://www.lecta.com/home.htm
Lecta subsidiary Papeteries de Condat stopped production on PM 6 at its mill in Le Lardin St. Lazare in central France yesterday, as announced two weeks ago.
The machine has a capacity of 130,000 tonnes/yr of coated woodfree (CWF) paper in the basis weight range of 170-380 g/m².
Lecta subsidiary Papeteries de Condat stopped production on PM 6 at its mill in Le Lardin St. Lazare in central France yesterday, as announced two weeks ago.
The machine has a capacity of 130,000 tonnes/yr of coated woodfree (CWF) paper in the basis weight range of 170-380 g/m².
Apart
from PM 6, the Condat mill houses two other machines, PMs 4 and 8, with a
combined capacity of 410,000 tonnes/yr of CWF paper.
CEPI Reports 2012 European Pulp & Paper Falls
CEPI
just released the latest European pulp and paper industry statistics, which
give a clear picture of the performance of the industry in 2012. These key
statistics include data about production, consumption and the trade of pulp,
paper and raw materials, as well as data concerning energy, environm
CEPI members produced 92.1 million tonnes of paper and board in 2012 which represents a decrease of 1.6% over 2011. The pre-crisis production in 2008 totalled 97.9 million tonnes. Pulp production fell by 1.0% while the output of market pulp increased by 4.3%.
Exports
of paper and board outside Europe showed an increase by 5.3% whilst imports
fell by 9.7% when compared with 2011. The overall consumption of paper and
board in CEPI fell by 3.8% last year. In comparison the overall GDP in Europe
decreased by 0.3% in 2012, but it will recover in 2014 with a 1.4% increase
(source: Eurostat - EU27).CEPI members produced 92.1 million tonnes of paper and board in 2012 which represents a decrease of 1.6% over 2011. The pre-crisis production in 2008 totalled 97.9 million tonnes. Pulp production fell by 1.0% while the output of market pulp increased by 4.3%.
European pulp and paper production in 2012 continued to be affected by the economic slowdown which began in mid-2011. Notably, its performance remains above other energy-intensive sectors in Europe. The European paper industry is looking for a healthier supply and demand balance and is modernising its industrial base to remain competitive.
Attention: Catalogs, Taken for Granted
I recently had a meeting with a VP of a top PR firm in New York to see how I
might tap its eminent list of clients for intelligence in future stories. When
I mentioned that postal-themed stories were very popular among readers of Direct
Marketing News, she pursed her lips in puzzlement and said, “Really?”
I explained that, indeed, though marketers take advantage of all the magic that
digital methods provide them, direct mail remains an important weapon in many
campaigns. The puzzled look remained fixed on her face.
“Don't you get direct mail from Macy's or some other favorite retailer as
well as emails from them?” I asked her. “Don't you get catalogs?” “Yeah, I guess I do,” she said.
“And are any of those catalogs still lying somewhere around your apartment for further reference?”
“Yeah, they are.”
“And the emails? Do you regularly consult them?”
“I guess not.”
If direct mail has become an invisible marketing channel among marketing insiders, what about outsiders like, say, the members of the House of Representatives who will soon sit in judgment over whether remote sellers like catalogers will be compelled to pay state sales taxes in all the states and municipalities where their customers live? A few weeks ago, when the National Retail Federation (NRF) was in Washington recognizing 136 legislators as “Heroes of Main Street” for supporting the that will mandate remote tax collection, Lou Geisler and some other concerned catalogers were knocking on doors on Capitol Hill.
Canada Post's Novel Direct Mail Campaign
That was the idea Canada Post cooked up for its Bounce Me campaign, an effort launched earlier this year to edify agencies and client-side marketers about the value of direct mail in the marketing mix.
“A lot of them haven't grown up using direct mail and now they're focused on social and online,” says Jennifer Campbell, general manager of direct marketing strategy at Canada Post. “We have a great opportunity and undertaking to educate them on the fundamentals of direct mail.”
Two Sides Publishes Annual Report
Over the last year, Two Sides made the transformation from new kid on the
block to familiar advocate for the sustainability of print on paper. Our
membership continues to grow and our collective voice is getting stronger every
day. Even more exciting, we’ve extended our reach and effectiveness where
it really counts – to the C-suites of many major U.S. companies and to American
consumers. Following the strategic guidance of the Two Sides U.S.
Board of Directors, our ambitious 2012-2013 Marketing and Communications Plan
built on past successes and incorporated new efforts to put an end to
anti-paper environmental marketing claims and share the news that Print and
Paper Have a Great Environmental Story to Tell.
Women's Health Posts Record Numbers
Women's Health—the fastest-growing women's magazine in the world with
a global readership of 22 million—posted a record-breaking first half 2013 for
advertising pages ever produced for the brand, up +27% January – June 2013. The July/August issue is the largest issue of
overall book size, up 41% in paging and up 45.6% in revenue in the history of
the Women's Health brand (source: PIB).
Alliance Between Meredith and Wenner Titles
In a
tale of strange bedfellows, Meredith’s Fitness
and Wenner Media’s Men’s Journal have
struck up a sales alliance to compete with bigger health/fitness players Rodale
and American Media Inc.
There’s
not much precedent for separately owned titles going to market together, and
they usually involve independents. (The Nation and National Review tried it
last year to give advertisers a way to deflect backlash they might get from
supporting just one of the politically leaning publications. New York and Dwell
have joined forces on City Modern,
an event series and joint publication.)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Mondi Closes Newsprint PM
Mondi
has permanently halted production on the 110,000 tonne/yr newsprint machine PM
4 at its Merebank mill near Durban in South Africa, which is operated by its
subsidiary Mondi Shanduka Newsprint. The PM was halted in late June.
Most
of the consultation process with employee representatives has been concluded, a
Mondi spokesperson said, adding that since there were still a few details to
finalize, she could not yet say how many employees will be let go as a result
of the closure.Mondi announced plans to close the machine in early May, due to the "ongoing decline in domestic newsprint demand and reorganization within the publishing sector." The output of PM 4 has been going solely to the South African market.
Shandong Chenming Considers New PM
Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings may build a new 350,000 tonne/yr PM at its site in Nanchang city, Jiangxi province.
The
plan was approved by the firm's board of directors last week, but needs to be
greenlit by shareholders.
According
to the firm, a total of around RMB 1.83 billion ($295.7 million) will be pumped
into the project. Some RMB 477.47 million will be paid outright by the firm
itself, and the remaining will be funded by bank loans.A contact from Shandong Chenming said that the project is currently at a preliminary stage. A timeline has not been hammered out, and no equipment supplier has been fixed.
The source said that his firm is evaluating which grade to produce on the new machine. I
The site is operated by Shandong Chenming subsidiary Jiangxi Chenming Paper. It currently houses a 350,000 tonne/yr lightweight coated paper (LWC) unit, a 200,000 tonne/yr BCTMP line and a 150,000 tonne/yr deinking pulp line.
Chinese Pulp, RCP Imports Up
China's
total pulp imports crept up 3.0% in May compared to the previous month,
climbing to nearly 1.532 million tonnes, according to data from China Customs.
The
May growth was due to an 8.7% increase in bleached softwood kraft (BSK) pulp
imports, while intake of bleached hardwood kraft (BHK) pulp fell 7.2%. BSK imports rose to 588,684 tonnes that month, from 541,498 tonnes in April.
Meanwhile,
BHK imports dropped from 628,471 in April to 583,291 tonnes.
May's
total pulp import figure was 2.5% higher than the nearly 1.495 million tonnes
recorded in the same month of 2012. Pulp imports for the first five months came to just over 6.963 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.1% from the preceding year.
China's recovered paper (RCP) imports climbed 5.1% to just over 2.798 million tonnes in May, up from almost 2.663 million tonnes in April, according to data from China Customs.
May's figure was 0.6% lower than the 2.816 million tonnes recorded in May 2012.
Total RCP imports in the first five months came in at almost 12.654 million tonnes, down 0.2% from the year-earlier period.
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