2009 Raw materials: Paperitalo 2nd Tuesday Surveys

Survey subject:

Raw materials

2^nd Tuesday Surveys are Copyright 2010 by Paperitalo Publications and used by permission of the Copyright Owner

Confidential level and error band:
(95% confid. Level, +/- 10% error band)

No. of respondents: 87

Pulp & Paper Industry

54% US respondents, 7% Canada, 9% Western Europe, all other were less

• When asked “if their virgin fibre supply had grown or shrunk over the last 10 years” 37% of respondents said it had grown, 32% said shrunk;
   
• 64% said virgin fibre is a larger percentage of finished goods costs than 10 years ago
   
• 56% said virgin fibre is a smaller percentage by weight than it was 10 years ago
   
• 48% said their recycled fibre supply had grown in the last 10 years
   
• 46% said recycled fibre is a larger percentage of finished goods costs than 10 years ago
   
• 50% said recycled fibre is a larger percentage by weight than it was 10 years ago
   
• 43% see their recycled fibre supply growing in the next 10 years, only 24% see it shrinking