Global decor paper deliveries (excluding China) will likely drop sharply this year in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. This development comes on the heels of a period of growth that lasted several years, followed by stagnation in 2018 and the first decrease in a while in 2019. In its Decor Paper Market Research 2019 report completed in June this year, Ahlstrom-Munksjo Germany had anticipated that this year would end with a 12-16 per cent drop amidst significant production curtailments in the wood-based panel, surface and furniture industry at that time. The company now thinks that things might be not quite as bad after business started to stabilise starting at the end of June, unexpectedly robust demand emerged in July and August and given a rather positive outlook for September and October. However, deliveries will still decrease by small double-digit percentages compared with last year.
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