The Sales Opportunities for ENplus and DINplus Pellets Are Largely Exhausted

The sales opportunities for ENplus and DINplus pellets (A1 products) on the central European markets are largely exhausted at the beginning of the year. In the last few weeks, merchants’ and retail consumers’ adequately-filled storage facilities at the start of the 2011/2012 heating period combined with what has so far been a considerably lower heating energy requirement has left demand for A1 as well as industrial pellets far behind the usual level for this time of year. Estimates for the shortfall in the requirement of heating energy in the winter half-year 2011/2012 to date are reaching over 30%. Pellet manufacturers are even putting the shortfall in their December/January sales at over 50% against the same months of last year in some instances. Source: euwid-wood-products.com