Supply and Demand

The demand for wood will triple by 2050, reaching 8 billion cubic meters per year. That is about 250 million additional hectares of forests, an area equivalent to the sum of the territories of Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Finland and Norway.

The year 2017 was positive for the forest-based industry, which recorded a 12.9% increase in the trade balance of the segment compared to the previous year, reaching a value of US $ 7.5 billion. Exports have pulled this up, especially from the Chinese market.

Supply and Demand

COAL

Industrially, charcoal is the most important fuel and reducer of iron ore in steel and metallurgical operations. The use of charcoal have many advantages in relation to mineral coal: it is renewable, less polluting, low ash content, practically free of sulfur and phosphorus, more reactive. Lately, charcoal has also been used in the cement, lime and ceramic industries. Brazil is the world’s only producer of charcoal for the pig iron, steel and ferro-alloy steel sector and about 40% of Brazilian eucalyptus plantation is destined to this market.

CELLULOSE

It is the main structural cell mass of eucalyptus.
Brazil is the largest exporter of pulp in the world and the second largest producer. Demand growth is gradual, but supply does not keep pace. Cellulose, in 2018 saw a 43.9% increase in the values traded with the foreign market and 2019 looks even more promising.

BIOMASS

Biomass is the new growing market all over the world. A typical power plant will consume 3 million tons of biomass annually.