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.
