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The continuing strengthening of the forint, not anticipated in the plan, aggravated the situation.
Paper sales varied by destination, but overall underwent a steep rise (+7%), from 255,000 to 272,000 tonnes. Paper machine capacity utilisation was effectively 100%. Dunapack’s internal paper use contracted by 10% (9,500 tonnes). However, a welcome development was that 55,800 tonnes of the record 173,200 tonne exports were made by Dunapack’s own subsidiaries, a rise of 6500 tonnes on the year before.
2. Sack paper
The extremely intense competition on the products market resulted in a steep drop in sack paper sales to every destination – 20% overall – in contrast to an increase envisaged in the plan. At the same time, the product structure on paper machine no. 4, which produces sack paper, was shifted towards light weight corrugated board papers, whose share rose to 60% from 43% in 2003. The change in product structure resulted in the margin on paper machine no. 4 decreasing only slightly despite the drastic deterioration of the sack paper market.
Production per product group (ton)
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