Supply Chain Research

Brazilian wood pulp exporter Suzano’s CEO, Walter Schalka, has noted that global supplies of the product are being disrupted by reduced availability of break bulk shipping with the potential for the situation to worsen. That may disrupt supply chains for personal tissue paper products. Brazil accounted for 20.9% of global wood pulp exports in 2019, with Brazillian wood pulp exports having dropped by 10.8% year over year in January. Suzano managed to buck the trend with a 4.9% increase in its exports in January versus a year earlier while shipments associated with Klabin and Japan-Brazil ...