Deliveries of paper and board increased by 6% to 14 410 000 (13 551 000) tonnes and production was 14 520 000 (13 685 000) tonnes, though even this improvement did not prevent production curtailments being made to match orders, thus avoiding build-up of excessive inventories. Curtailments totalled 364 000 (782 000) tonnes, equal to about 2% of total capacity, including 7 000 (79 000) tonnes in North America. Deliveries of wood products increased by about 14% compared with the previous year, mainly due to the first full-year effect from the acquisition of additional capacity in the Baltic States.
