| ,This places the country as number 10 with a share of world production of 1.7% – with an even higher percentage if only chemical pulp is considered. Sales on the world market were almost 2.6 million – enough for a position as number 5., ,This is part of a regional expansion process which also includes Argentina. The advantage of production in South America is partly due to lower costs: Production costs per ton of bleached long fibre cellulose in Chile was 253 USD while for Sweden, Finland, and USA it was well over 400 USD. , , Considering the plans for continuing development of the pulp industry, it is likely that Chile’s importance will increase and replace Sweden as the number 4 cellulose exporting nation..However, Brazil will probably be advancing even more due to industrial expansion of Veracel and Lencois Paulista and its export is expected to exceed that of United States by 2009., | ,, |
| Göran Sjöberg,,Extension specialist,,Faculty of Forest Sciences,,SLU ,, |
Chile– a nation of increasing importance
10 november 2006 Chile has developed into a major producing and exporting nation of cellulose on the world market. During 2004 the production was approaching 3.4 million metric tons.
