finnish forest sector economic outlook 2001 2002 5 50 newsprint consumption declines in the united states lauri hetemäki is world s biggest consumer of with about one third total us market same size as entire european key difference between two continents however that only half met by domestic production whereas europe exceeds any changes demand will thus also have a signifi cant impact on what then long term for fao predicts increase food and agricultural organisation nations has been publishing consump tion forecasts industry products past several decades its latest forecasting report pro duced 1999 based an econometric model statistical data period 1960 1994 includes projection con sumption years 1995 2010 illustrated figure 1 forecast shows from 11 9 million tonnes to 16 4
