PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND WOOD PULP

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PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND WOOD PULP
Secretariat introduction by Mr. Kit Prins
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CONTENTS OF PRESENTATION
Overview of Forest Products Annual Market
Review, 2000-2001 findings Pulp and paper
forecasts for 2001 and 2002 - Europe - North
America - Russian Federation
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Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2000-2001
findings (1 of 3)
 Recovery 1999 and 2000, recent
reversal.   Record levels of European output
in 2000, (/Euro).   Prices climbed early 1999
into 2000, but they fell during the first half of
2001.  Profitability peaks in 2000 gradually
eroded, at first in North America and then in
Europe.
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Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2000-2001
findings (2 of 3)
   Monthly paper and paperboard purchases
declined in the United States from early 2000
into the first quarter of 2001,        US paper
industry profits fell from the first quarter of
2000 to the first quarter of 2001, with weak
exports, declining domestic purchases, and higher
energy costs.  Globally, net capacity growth
subdued.
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Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2000-2001
findings (3 of 3)
        A weakening of growth in Asian
economies reduced pressures on global fibre
supplies, further contributing to weakness in
pricing. Russias pulp and paper sector
experienced a significant recovery in 1999 and
2000, ( devalued rouble, growing domestic and
export demand).
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The surging U.S. trade deficit of recent years
was boosted by a strong U.S. dollar . . .
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The U.S. trade deficit widened also for paper
and paperboard commodities . . .
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The U.S. trade deficit and recent slowdown in the
overall economy have led to a real decline
in U.S. paper and paperboard production
after years of growth . . .
(e) preliminary estimate
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Industry consolidation has focused on balancing
supply with demand via restrained capacity
growth (growth has receded to less than 1
per year) . . .
(e) preliminary estimates
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Europe Wood Pulp
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Europe Wood Pulp
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North America Wood Pulp
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North America Wood Pulp
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Russian Federation Wood Pulp
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Russian Federation Wood Pulp
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Europe Paper and Paperboard
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Europe Paper and Paperboard
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North America Paper and Paperboard
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North America Paper and Paperboard
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Russian Federation Paper and Paperboard
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Russian Federation Paper and Paperboard
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Next Paper, Paperboard and Wood Pulp Presentation
Prof. Eduard L. Akim, St. Petersburg State
Technological University, All-Russian Research
Institute of Pulp and Paper Industry
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