Indonesia`s pulp and paper exports may slightly increase in 2007

he biggest producer of wood and pulp is the United States with an installed production capacity of 60.445 tons (32 percent) and Canada in second place with 27, 679 million tons, or 15 percent of the world consumption of the commodity.

In the past seven years, the number of wood and pulp industries in the United State dropped to minus 2 percent, while production capacity has tremendous increased in some developing countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and Chile, contributing only 10 percent of total capacity.

The capacity of Indonesia`s wood and pulp industries reached 6 million tons, ranking 9th on the list of wood and pulp producers, and contributing 3 percent to the world wood and pulp production capacity.

The biggest paper producer in the world is still the United States with a capacity of 82.6 million tons, followed by China with 56 million tons, Japan 31 million tons, while Indonesia is in 12th position with a capacity of 8.2 million tons, data from the Indonesian Pulp and Paper Producers Association said.