Brazil’s wood product trade surplus totalled $3.3 billion in the first half of 2016, an increase of 12% over the same period of last year. Total revenue from exports of sawnwood, panels, pulp and paper for the first half year amounted to $3.8 billion up slightly from the same period in 2015, ITTO reported.
Exports of wood-based panels in the first half were 443,000 cubic metres, compared to 289,000 cubic metres in the same period in 2015, a 53% increase.
Pulp exports grew to 6.4 million tonnes, a 16% increase over the same period in 2015. Paper exports increased just over 7% to top 1.1 milion tonnes between January and June 2016.
Exports of Brazilian pulp continue to grow, especially to China, which was the main market in the first half of 2016.