CORRUGATED BOARD ACCUMULATES A RISE OF 1,7% UNTIL OCTOBER

The corrugated board sector sales, considering the packages' packages, and, for that reason, one of the economies' thermometers reached 208,5 thousand tons in October, showing a 4,3% increase, if compared to October of 2007 (200,0 thousand tons). The accumulated sales from the sector until October were of 1.931,0 thousand tons, with a 1,7% increase, if compared to the same period of 2007 (1898,3 thousand tons). "Our sales, until October, have shown an increase according to our previsions for the sector, comments Paulo Sérgio Peres, president of the Brazilian Corrugated Board Association (ABPO).