Revenue from Brazilian exports from the forest sector increased 26% from January to October, totaling US $ 8.8 billion. Within the sector, pulp exports grew 33.7%; those of wood panels 5%, and those of paper had a high of 4.2%, according to information from the Brazilian Industry of Trees (Ibá).
The trade balance of the sector was also positive, with an increase of 28.7% and a final result of US $ 7.9 billion. The sector’s balance of trade continued to perform well and increased between January and October this year, accounting for 4.4% of total Brazilian exports and 10.4% of agribusiness exports.
China remains the main foreign market for pulp marketing and until October acquired US $ 2.9 billion of Brazilian product, an increase of 39.1% compared to the same period of 2017. Paper, in turn, continues with its focus on negotiations in Latin America, which posted a 9.0% advance in the negotiated value. Latin America is still the main destination for wood panels and has invested US $ 142 million in product acquisition this year, up 12.7%.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.