MOSCOW: In January-November 2017, Russian pulp exports decreased year-on-year, indicate the statistics published by the Russian Federal Customs Office.
Thus, during the first eleven months of 2017 Russia exported 1.9 million tonnes of pulp, that is 0.6% less than during the respective period of 2016.
The total value of the Russian pulp exported in January-November 2017 went up, from $890.1 million in 2016 to $964.9 in 2017. Therefore, the increase came up to 8.4%.
Besides, in January-November 2017, Russia exported 1.057 million tonnes of newsprint valued at $438 million.
Thus, Russian newsprint export grew by 7.45% in volume terms and by 10.86% in value terms.