D 2.1.1 Note on literature review concerning market ... - Biorefinery

Biopol - Deliverable <strong>2.1.1</strong>
Market volume, production and costs
The turnover of the pulp and paper sector rose in the CEPI countries over the recent two decades. In
the year 1991 the turnover amounted to 39,871 Million € and in 2006 to 78,554 Million €, which
means an increase of 97 %.
Figure10 gives an overview over the worldwide pulp production in the year 2004. In that year the
global production amounted to 167,784 million tons. The USA and the EU25 are the most important
pulp-producers. Within the EU Sweden and Finland dominate the production of pulp, mainly due to
their natural resource base of large forests and wood. The pulp production increased over the recent 10
years in the EU. It amounted in the EU15 in 1995 to 32,114 thousand tons and in the year 2005 to
35,994 thousand tons.
The most important importers of pulp are Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. These countries
import the biggest quantity from European countries. However, non-European pulp producers are
important sources of EU pulp imports as well. The most important exporters are Finland and Sweden.
They export the produced pulp mainly to other EU countries (European Commission 2007b; Verband
Deutscher Papierfabriken e.V. 2006).
Figure 10: Pulp production in the year 2004: Worldwide and within the EU.
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Source: Verband Deutscher Papierfabriken e.V. 2006
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Figure 11 shows the production of paper and paperboard in the year 2004 worldwide and within the
EU25. The production amounted in that year to 96,267 thousand tons in the EU25 and to 350,524
thousand tons globally. The most important producers worldwide are the EU25 and the USA. The
biggest producer of paper and paperboard within the EU is Germany. Finland and Sweden are also
important paper and paperboard producers, but their role is not as dominating as in the pulp
production. The paper and paperboard-production increased over the previous 10 years by
approximately 20,000 thousand tons. Herby the production was especially expanded in Germany,
Spain, Italy and Sweden (European Commission 2007b). Differentiating between the main paper
categories the production of graphic papers (~ 50 %) dominated within the EU25 in the year 2004,
followed by the production of packaging (~ 40 %) and others (~ 10 %). From a worldwide perspective
the manufacturing of packaging henpecks (graphic papers: 42 %; packaging: 49 %, others 9 %) (VDP
2006).
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