PortuguêsBrazilian Association of the Wood Panels Industry - ABIPA
Key Figures
Over the next years, the wood panel industry expects to see new capital investments with an estimated value of US$ 1.2 billion for the new installation of MDF and MDP lines. That
will take today's installed panel capacity of 8.5 million cubic metres to around 10.3 million cubic metres per year
in 2012.
R$ million |
US$ billion |
| Gross revenue total ............................................................................... 4,346 | |
| Tax generated ....................................................................................... 1,152 | |
| Gross revenue exports .................................................................................................................... 71.8 | |
| Capital investments - 1997 - 2005....................................................................................................... 1.3 | |
| Planned investments - 2007 - 2010..................................................................................................... 1.2 | |
Revenue 2009Member companies: Berneck, Duratex, Eucatex, Fibraplac, Guararapes, Masisa & Sudati.
Nominal Installed Capacity 2009:
8.5 million m³/year.
Forests:
500,000 ha. of pine/eucalypt.
Natural Forest Reserves:
240,000ha. conserved permanently.
Employment Generated:
30,000 jobs
(direct & indirect).
With new investments of around US$ 1.2 billion expected in the 2007-2010 period,
Brazil's installed capacity will see an extraordinary jump from 6 million m³ in 2007 to 10.3 million m³, in 2012.
BRAZILIAN NOMINAL CAPACITY ('000/m³)
 |
 |
 |
PANEL PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION |
(FONTE: ABIPA/SECEX) |
MDP (m)³ |
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Year |
Production |
Imports |
Exports |
Domestic Consumption |
Nominal Installed Capacity |
2005 |
2.048.960 |
78.400 |
25.750 |
2.101.610 |
2.800.000 |
2006 |
2.198.220 |
64.700 |
76.670 |
2.186.250 |
2.900.000 |
2007 |
2.557.140 |
28.080 |
37.390 |
2.547.830 |
3.100.000 |
2008 |
2.617.070 |
42.520 |
26.640 |
2.632.950 |
3.275.000 |
2009 |
2.488.915 |
36.271 |
25.761 |
2.499.425 |
4.210.000 |
MDF (m)³ |
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Year |
Production |
Imports |
Exports |
Domestic Consumption |
Nominal Installed Capacity |
2005 |
1.407.730 |
165.600 |
159.810 |
1.413.520 |
1.700.000 |
2006 |
1.695.360 |
238.800 |
73.300 |
1.860.860 |
1.800.000 |
2007 |
1.879.070 |
200.300 |
42.190 |
2.037.180 |
2.350.000 |
2008 |
2.073.800 |
215.900 |
26.800 |
2.262.900 |
2.550.000 |
2009 |
2.394.677 |
121.542 |
32.838 |
2.483.381 |
3.860.000 |
HARDBOARD (m)³ |
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Year |
Production |
Imports |
Exports |
Domestic Consumption |
Nominal Installed Capacity |
2005 |
505.060 |
18.670 |
231.760 |
291.970 |
600.000 |
2006 |
532.900 |
22.250 |
228.940 |
326.210 |
600.000 |
2007 |
526.870 |
14.500 |
212.660 |
328.710 |
600.000 |
2008 |
510.660 |
7.160 |
156.430 |
361.390 |
600.000 |
2009 |
399.862 |
1.957 |
120.481 |
281.338 |
450.000 |
CONSOLIDATED (m)³ |
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Year |
Production |
Imports |
Exports |
Domestic Consumption |
Nominal Installed Capacity |
2005 |
3.961.750 |
262.670 |
417.320 |
3.807.100 |
5.100.000 |
2006 |
4.426.480 |
325.750 |
378.910 |
4.373.320 |
5.300.000 |
2007 |
4.963.080 |
242.880 |
292.240 |
4.913.720 |
6.050.000 |
2008 |
5.201.530 |
265.580 |
209.870 |
5.257.240 |
6.425.000 |
2009 |
5.283.454 |
159.770 |
179.080 |
5.264.144 |
8.520.000 |
