US holds onto trade surplus as volumes and prices decline

摘要

US pulp, paper and paperboard global exports declined 13.2% in the first quarter to 8!677 million tonnes, compared with a year earlier, while imports dropped 25.8% to 4.266 million tonnes, leaving a trade surplus of 4.41 million tonnes and $280,443, according to US Bureau of Census data summarized by the American Forest & Paper Assn.