美国贸易代表团成员在今年早些时候的加拿大浆纸协会会议上发言说,1998年对美国造纸行业来说是较为惨淡的一年。 美国林纸协会主席Rick Holley先生于会发言时指出,尽管1998年美国纸张产量基本平稳,需求略微上升,但进出口形势仍受亚洲经济危机的负面影响,整个造纸行业的产品价格普遍较低。 Members of the U.S. trade delegation said at the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association meeting earlier this year that 1998 was a bleak year for the US paper industry. Rick Holley, chairman of the US Forest Paper Association, pointed out in his speech that although the US paper production was basically stable in 1998 and the demand rose slightly, the import and export situation was still negatively affected by the Asian economic crisis. The product prices of the entire papermaking industry were generally low.