Swedish mills' production of paper and paperboard amounted to 2.8 million tonnes in the first quarter 2013, a decrease of 2.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2012, according to the Swedish Forest Agency. The production of newsprint decreased the most by 12 percent, and printing paper fell by 3 percent.
Wood pulp production totaled 3 million tonnes — a decrease of 0.7 percent when compared to the first quarter of 2012. Production of sulphate pulp, which accounts for 64 percent of the total production of wood pulp, was 0.7 percent higher in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter 2012.
Production of other grades of wood pulp decreased slightly.
