COPEC says the Chinese pulp market can be difficult in front of US tariffs

(Reuters) – Chilean Industrial CongoLerate Empresas Copec, if the Chinese market for forest products can be more difficult for forest products, fighting to fight uncertainty in US tariff policy.

“Most of our customers who export to the United States do not know what the price of the goods will be,” said COPEC’s forest arm Araucian, Cristian Infante. “So they try to get as little as possible.”

Arauco, who sells pulp and wooden panels in the world, contributes to the majority of COPEC, but he saw more than 22% in the first three months of 2025, and this was sent to smaller volumes.

Infante warned that prices can continue to land in May.

“When Chinese customers feel close to the bottom of the prices, they will start talking. This is a very good question,” said the latest news about the talks between China and jumped the futures markets.

As for the US market, the investment has increased costs for the components of resins used in the new import tax policy for the market for the market to be stable for the market.

“It would not say that it was boiling,” he said. “All this volatility we see on the issue of tariff affected the market.”

Meanwhile, uncertainty and concerns have increased in Europe, COPEC, USA’s new tariffs and potential trade conflicts.

(Sarah Morland’s report; Edit by Kylie Madry)