Pulp and Paper

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Pulp and Paper

• Timber Committee forecasts by Mr. Kit Prins
• Expert presentation by
• Dr. Peter Ince, Research Forester,
• Forest Products Laboratory
• USDA Forest Service

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Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market
Review 2001-2002 (1-5)

• Market downturn lasted from 2000 through 2001 in
  North America and Europe.
• Upturn during the first half of 2002.
• Prices turned upward in the first half of 2002.
• Profits weak in 2001.
• 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.

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Highlights of Forest Products Annual Market
Review 2001-2002 (6-10)

• European and Canadian pulp and paper production
  receded also in 2001.
• Capacity rationalization continued in the United
  States.
• Russias 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

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North America Paper and paperboard
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North America Paper and paperboard
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Europe Paper and paperboard
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Europe 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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North America Woodpulp
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North America Woodpulp
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Europe Woodpulp
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Europe Woodpulp
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Russian Federation Woodpulp
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Russian Federation Woodpulp
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• Dr. Peter Ince, Research Forester,
• Forest Products Laboratory,
• USDA Forest Service