UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Pulp and Paper Timber Committee forecasts by Mr. Kit Prins Expert presentation by Dr. Peter Ince, Research Forester, Forest Products Laboratory USDA Forest Service
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market Review (1-5) Market downturn lasted from 2000 through 2001 in North America and Europe. Upturn during the first half of Prices turned upward in the first half of Profits weak in United States paper and paperboard demand and output contracted through 2001 and into the first quarter of 2002, extending a multi- year downturn from historical peaks in the second half of 1999.
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market Review (6-10) European and Canadian pulp and paper production receded also in Capacity rationalization continued in the United States. Russia’s pulp and paper sector continued to experience growth. “Other Europe” production of paper, paperboard and woodpulp increased. Capacity growth remains well below historical growth rates
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 North America: Paper and paperboard
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 North America: Paper and paperboard
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Europe: Paper and paperboard
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Europe: Paper and paperboard
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Russian Federation: Paper and paperboard
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Russian Federation: Paper and paperboard
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 North America: Woodpulp
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 North America: Woodpulp
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Europe: Woodpulp
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Europe: Woodpulp
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Russian Federation: Woodpulp
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Russian Federation: Woodpulp
UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE Sixtieth session, September 2002 Next presentation Dr. Peter Ince, Research Forester, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service