In 1996, revenue from sales of RA Paper amounted to 57,430 Million Baht, a 5% increase from the previous year on the back of strong demand for packaging paper and corrugated containers. EBITDA was 8,844 Million Baht, similar to the previous year due to the impact from the fire at Phoenix Pulp & Paper Public Company Limited (PPPC)'s pulp and printing & writing paper plant in July, 2012. Profit for the year was 3,560 Million Baht, up 7% year-on-year.
Packaging Paper and Corrugated Containers: Total sales volume grew 6% from the previous year due to the rising demand for packaging paper and corrugated containers in the ASEAN region in response to the growing economy. Meanwhile, packaging paper and corrugated containers prices remained unchanged whereas waste paper prices dropped. RA Paper also earned revenue from sales from a corrugated containers plant in Thailand whose shares were acquired by RA Paper in 2012.
Pulp and Printing & Writing Paper: Total sales volume dropped 2% from the previous year as a result of lower export sales of printing & writing paper. This could be attributed to the highly intense competition in the overseas markets and the reduced pulp capacity following the fire at PPPC plant. As a consequence, revenue from sales of pulp as well as pulp and printing & writing paper prices declined compared to the year before.