Domtar, P&W open 2Q with downtime after producers took 2.3 million tonnes in 1Q

摘要

With slumping demand and prices, several major North American producers including Domtar, Parsons & Whittemore (P&W), and SFK Pulp this week slated new downtime at market pulp mills, opening up a second quarter in which industrywide downtime is expected to run heavy because of inventories that are still near historical highs around the globe.Contacts believe that second-quarter downtime could eclipse the nearly 2.3 million tonnes taken across the globe during the first quarter.