Due to the stevedore strike in the Finnish ports, which has stopped virtually all paper exports, Stora Enso closed PM1 and PM5 at Veitsiluoto mill in northern Finland and PM7 at Oulu mill on Monday, March 15. Last week Stora Enso closed Anjala mill's PM2, Oulu mill's PM6 and Varkaus mill's PM2, as well as the sheeting plant at Oulu mill.Other paper producers in Finland have also closed paper machines due to the strike in the Finnish ports, for example UPM, which closed one more paper machine Monday, Myllykoski, Sappi, Savon Sellu and M-real.