World-20 Pulp Shipments Rise to 91% of Capacity

PPPC’s (Pulp and Paper Products Council), Montreal, Que., Canada, November 2017 World-20 pulp report shows shipments at 91% of production capacity, up from 86% in October 2017.

BSK (bleached softwood kraft) pulp stocks were unchanged at 29 days. BHK (bleached hardwood kraft) pulp stocks were down one day to 43.

The following table shows PPPC World-20 market pulp statistics for November 2017 versus October 2017 and the first 11 months of the year.