European Paper and Board Production Off About 2% in 2011

摘要

After the recovery in 2010 following the previous financial downturn, the indications are that paper and board production by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) member countries fell in 2011 by close to 2% as the momentum of the revival was affected by the economic slowdown, particularly in the second half of the year.With overall volumes continuing to remain below pre-crisis levels CEPI estimated that its member countries produced about 95 million tonnes of paper and board in 2011. Paper production had reached 103 million tonnes in 2007 and decreased by 13% between 2007 and 2009 before increasing by over 8% in 2010, CEPI said.