Pulp and paper sector in January 2009
Thursday, 19 February 2009

According to Russian State Statistics Service, in January 2009 market pulp production decreased by 32.5% up to 143 thousand tons as compared to January 2008 and by 3.7% as compared to December 2008.

Paper production decreased by 18.9% (283 thousand tons), that of cardboard – by 33.9% (200 thousand tons), newspaper – by 17.1% (1.2 bln pcs), books and brochures – by 42% (530 mln pcs) and magazines – by 23% (388 mln pcs).

ArticleJan 2009Jan 2009/ Jan 2008, %Jan 2009/
Jan 2008, %
Market pulp, th. tons14367.596.3
Paper, th. tons28381.193.7
Cardboard, th. tons20066.177.7
Newspaper, bln pcs1.282.967.4
Books and brochures (printed sheets), mln pcs53058.079.3
Magazines, mln pcs38877.065.6

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