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China’s total pulp imports surged 23.6% in August from the previous month, to around 1.192 million tonnes, according to data from China Customs (see table below).

The figure was 40.1% higher than the 850,936 tonnes recorded in August last year.

Pulp imports for the first eight months of this year totaled some 9.345 million tonnes, up 26.8% from the previous year.

              CHINESE PULP IMPORTS (TONNES)
                                   BSK pulp      BHK pulp     Total pulp
August 2011                 432,632        460,147      1,192,333
July 2011                      469,829         283,304       964,440
% change                      -7.9%            62.4%           23.6%
August 2010                 301,159        343,469       850,936
% change                     43.7%            34.0%           40.1%
Year-to-date 2011       3,803,965     3,312,590    9,345,261
Year-to-date 2010       2,495,020     3,037,140    7,367,846
% change                     52.5%             9.1%            26.8%

Brazil’s Pulp and Paper Assn (Bracelpa) reported today that bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp exports grew 15.8% to 678,000 tonnes in August compared to the same month of 2010. Meanwhile, apparent consumption dropped 11.2% to 458,000 tonnes and production edged up 4%, totaling 1.2 million tonnes.

Bracelpa‘s numbers also convey that the country‘s domestic pulp sales declined 3.8% to 128,000 tonnes in August from a year ago.

Through August, Brazil‘s pulp apparent consumption decreased 1.3% from 4.09 million tonnes to 4.03 million tonnes. In the period, Brazilian paper use flattened at 6.15 million tonnes while output also remained stable at 6.54 million tonnes.