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Indonesian pulp output hit by logging curbs

by uusjio | December 11, 2007 at 01:01 am | 185 views | add comment
Indonesia has 84 integrated pulp and paper mills, with a total capacity of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data from the association.
The country exports about half of its production to Asia, including China and South Korea.
Indah Kiat is a unit of Asia Pulp and Paper, part of the Sinar Mas group, while Riau Andalan is a subsidiary of APRIL, which is part of the Raja Garuda Mas (RGM) International group.
The two companies account for 65 percent of the country's total output of pulp and require a total of 9 million tonnes of wood per year.
According to Greenpeace, Indonesia had the fastest pace of deforestation in the world between 2000-2005, with an area of forest equivalent to 300 soccer pitches destroyed every hour.

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