Analysis of the Pulp and Paper Market (5.22-5.26)
Imported Wood Pulp Market: Futures market: This week, the futures market was mainly volatile, with needle pulp spot prices fluctuating with the market, with a fluctuation range of 50-100 yuan/ton. In terms of supply, the prices of coniferous pulp and natural pulp have remained stable, while broadleaf pulp has reported an increase of $30/ton in the external market. The industry is reluctant to sell at low prices, and spot prices have increased by around 150-300 yuan/
This week, the United States experienced the third reduction in cardboard machines, with the US Packaging Company (PCA) temporarily closing its 560000 ton/year Vallula factory until later this year. The week before PCA's announcement, Visilok announced that it would permanently close its unbleached kraft veneer and packaging paperboard factory in North Charleston, South Carolina on August 31st, with an annual production capacity of 320000 tons. Cascades announced th
Analysis of the Pulp and Paper Market (5.15-5.19)
Imported Wood Pulp Market: Futures market: This week, the futures market fluctuated slightly and rose, while the spot market mostly followed suit. In terms of supply, the external market prices fluctuated weakly. In April, the import volume of wood pulp was 2.967 million tons, setting a new record in a single month. From January to April, the cumulative import volume of wood pulp increased by 1.38 million tons. In March, the global shipment volume of conifer
Analysis of the Pulp Market (5.8-5.12)
Imported Wood Pulp Market Futures market: This week, the futures market was volatile and the spot market was mostly on the move. In terms of overseas supply, external market fluctuations have decreased, European port inventories continue to increase, and China's shipping volume has increased, which has limited support for the wood pulp market; In May, the offer of Brazilian eucalyptus held steady on the previous round, and the planned shutdown and maintenanc
The results of import and export in the first four months of this year have been released. According to customs statistics, in the first four months of this year, China's total import and export value was 13.32 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%. Among them, exports reached 7.67 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.6%; Import reached 5.65 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.02%; The trade surplus reached 2.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 56.7%. In US dollar ter
WestRock announced on May 2nd that it will permanently cease operating the North Charleston paper mill located in South Carolina on August 31st of this year. North Charleston Paper Mill currently produces cardboard, uncoated kraft paper, and unbleached saturated kraft paper with an annual production capacity of 550000 tons. The cardboard and uncoated kraft cards currently produced by the factory will be transferred to other WestRock factories for production.
Analysis of the Pulp Market in April
Import pulp spot market: This month, the inventory days of major pulp producing countries around the world have increased, while demand in overseas European and American markets has not improved. In addition, European port inventory has once again accumulated at a high level in March, with a month on month increase of 2.9%. The new production capacity has been put into operation, and the external quotation has been fluctuating and reduced. The pressure on the supply
Corrugated paper and offset paper futures are expected to be listed
According to the WeChat official account of China Paper Journal, the 2023 China Pulp Summit was held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, on April 19, 2023. As a highly influential event in the pulp industry, important leaders and entrepreneurs such as Zhao Wei, Chairman of the China Paper Association, Lin Mao, General Manager of Xiamen Jianfa Co., Ltd., Li Hongxin, Vice Chairman of the China Paper Association and Chairman of Shandong Sun Paper Industry Co., Ltd., and Zhai Jingli, Vice President of the Jinguang Group APP (China), attended the ev
With the implementation of policies such as the "plastic restriction order", there is a strong demand for food packaging paper, and leading enterprises are expanding production capacity to compete in the market. Recently, the special paper leader Xianhe Co., Ltd. (603733. SH) launched the PM10 project with an annual production capacity of 300000 tons of high-end paper based materials and successfully rolled the paper. In addition, in recent years, multiple listed pa
Analysis of the Pulp Market (4.10-4.14)
Imported Wood Pulp Market Futures market: This week, the futures market was volatile, with port inventory at a high level, and external prices were reduced due to fluctuations. Supply side support for the pulp market was limited. Internationally, demand in overseas markets has not improved, with European port inventories accumulating in a narrow range, and inventory days in major global production countries have increased. In May, Arauco saw a silver star price of 7
How does China's paper industry respond to the challenge of "dual carbon" goals
The proposal of the "dual carbon" goal is not only a solemn commitment made by China as a responsible global power to address climate change, but also a necessary path to promote the development of a community with a shared future for mankind and the construction of ecological civilization, and to achieve high-quality development. On the one hand, the paper industry is a traditional carbon emitter, with carbon emissions second only to high energy consuming industries such as electricity, petrochemicals, chemicals, building materials, st
Analysis of the Pulp and Paper Market (4.3-4.7)
Imported Wood Pulp Market Futures market: This week, the futures market was dominated by shocks. On Sunday, several oil producing countries, led by Saudi Arabia, will voluntarily reduce production from May, igniting the market sentiment of crude oil and boosting the wood pulp market back above 5700. However, the overall market demand is weakening and difficult to improve in the short term. As of yesterday's close, the main 2305 contract's market price was 56
On March 29th, China and Brazil officially reached an agreement that local currency can be used for settlement in foreign trade. According to the agreement, when the two countries conduct trade, they can use local currency for settlement, that is, the Chinese yuan and the real can be directly exchanged, and the US dollar is no longer necessarily used as the intermediate currency. In addition, this agreement is not mandatory and can still be settled in US dollars during the trading process.
As the pressure on both costs and demand weakens, the paper industry is expected to reverse its predicament. Among them, the special paper track, with its own advantages, is favored by institutions and is expected to be the first to break out of the trough. According to a reporter from Cailian News Agency, in the first quarter of this year, demand for special paper recovered, and some interviewed companies reported that "February reached a new high in monthl
The import will reach 0! This country no longer imports Russian logs and chips
As one of the main suppliers of paper products in the Nordic region, Finnish pulp mills and sawmills have long relied heavily on imported supplies. According to data, from 2018 to 2021, Finland's total annual timber imports exceeded 11 million cubic meters, of which hardwood logs accounted for about 50%. In 2021, up to 23% of its pulp raw materials rely on foreign imports of logs and chips, mainly from neighbouring countries.
In February 2023, the import volume of corrugated paper increased by 90.95% year-on-year!
According to market experience over the years, after the Spring Festival, with the recovery of logistics and the improvement of demand, many paper mills have plans to increase prices, boosting market confidence. However, in 2023, it was an exception. Due to insufficient support for waste paper raw material costs, continued sluggish downstream demand, the continuous introduction of new capacity to the market, and the rise in the arrival of imported paper, as well as many other negative factors, the price of corrugated paper continued to
The global machine calendered paper market will continue to grow in the next 10 years
According to relevant data, by 2023, the market size of machine calendered paper (MG) will reach $13.81 billion, and by 2033, it will reach about $21.63 billion, with a CAGR of 4.6%, with the Asia Pacific region becoming the main growth market. In recent years, machine calendered paper has become one of the preferred packaging materials for various industries due to its high sustainability and aesthetics. In the past decade, the use of calendered paper has i
Seeking Policy Support for Recycled Paper to Achieve "Zero Tariff"
In 2022, Tianjin Customs proposed to the General Administration of Customs and other departments to reduce the import tariff on recycled paper, which was successfully adopted. Starting this year, Jiulong Packaging achieved zero import tariff on recycled paper. Jiulong Packaging is mainly engaged in the production and sales of cardboard and cardboard boxes, using imported recycled paper as the raw material.
According to the latest shutdown plan released by Jiulong Paper recently, the company's two major paper machines in Quanzhou base will be shut down for maintenance from this week. According to the design capacity, it is expected to reduce the production of corrugated cardboard by 15000 tons. Before Quanzhou Jiulong issued the shutdown letter this time, Dongguan Jiulong and Chongqing Jiulong had carried out the rotation shutdown, and it is expected that the total output of these two bases will be reduced by nearly 146000 tons in February
Analysis of pulp market (3.6-3.10)
Market of imported wood pulp: Futures market: this week, UPM Uruguay's 2.1 million tons of broadleaf pulp capacity will be put into operation at the end of March. In the third quarter, the 800000 tons of coniferous pulp capacity of Finlin Fenbao Kemi project will be put into operation, and the overseas supply side will gradually become loose. The international supply side has been repaired in succession, and the number of shipments from the mainstream
According to statistics, about four fifths of the world's wood chip trade each year is hardwood chips, which are mainly shipped to the Asian market. In the past 10 years, with the expansion of China's pulp production capacity and the lack of domestic wood fiber, it can be said that China is the main force driving the global wood chip trade.
As China lifted the restrictions on the covid-19 epidemic, the price of OCC soared; With the decline of demand, the price of OCC has changed. March 7, 2023 - In the past few weeks, the import price of waste corrugated boxes (OCC) in Asia has declined in an all-round way, and the waste corrugated boxes from the United States and Europe have dropped by 10-20 dollars per ton in Southeast Asia (SEA) and Taiwan.
Operation of paper industry in 2022
From January to December 2022, the added value of the national paper and paper products industry dropped by 0.6%, of which 3.4% in December. The national output of machine-made paper and paperboard (excluding outsourced raw paper processing) was 136.914 million tons, down 1.3% year on year; The output of newsprint was 904000 tons, up 1.0% year on year. In December 2022, the national output of machine-made paper and paperboard (excluding the processing of outsourced
Analysis of pulp and paper market
Market of imported wood pulp: Futures market: In the aspect of coniferous pulp this week, the Finnish port strike ended, which had little impact on Finnish pulp shipments in the short term, while the international supply events continued to affect coniferous pulp, which had limited impact on the pulp market in the short term. In terms of hardwood pulp, the new capacity is put in a large amount, which has a strong impact on the overall supply of wood pu
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