Learn more about the company's plans for the recycled paper space as a part of its growth cycle with investments into new paper machines

Brazilian printing and writing paper demand has been suffering with the rise of the shift-to-digital trend, along with the retail crisis and increased competition. Fastmarkets economist, Rafael Barisauskas, explains the upside and downside risks ahead for this market

The merger will set new paper packaging market leaders in the region, said Fastmarkets’ analyst

We take a deeper dive into the impact of the merger on local paper packaging markets in Latin America

What impact does the merger have on the Brazilian and Mexican packaging markets?

Bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp in Brazil has dropped 38.2% year on year, according to Fastmarkets’ price survey

Brazil exported a record 1 million tonnes of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp to China in July, according to Brazil’s Secretariat of Foreign Trade

However, changes to the 2024 book purchasing program will impact the graphic paper industry, publishers, and authors

Market sources anticipate a better H2 with many indicating that the containerboard prices have reached a bottom

The paper machine can produce kraftliner, white top liner and boxboard