Blog - Pulp, Paper and Paperboard

Because of the pandemic-related shifts in downstream industries, pulp manufacturers are forced to correct their market strategies towards the rapid increase of the use of packaging paper. In the medium term, value chain sustainability emerges as the most important factor due to the tightening of environmental regulation.

In 2019, the global paperboard case material market decreased by -8.4% to $116.1B for the first time since 2016, thus...

The revenue of the dissolving grade wood pulp market in the European Union amounted to $1.6B in 2018, waning by -5.6% against the previous year.

The revenue of the tissue paper market in Spain amounted to $228M in 2018, surging by 2.6% against the previous year....

The revenue of the folding boxboard market in the European Union amounted to $9.6B in 2018. Germany, Poland and France constitute the largest markets for folding boxboard.

Driven by increasing demand for recovered fibre pulp in China, the market is expected to continue an upward consumption trend over the next seven-year period.

In 2018, the amount of corrugated paper and paperboard produced in Spain amounted to 947K tonnes, approximately reflecting the previous year. The total output volume increased at an average annual rate of +3.6% over the period from 2008 to 2018

The revenue of the packaging materials market in China amounted to $69B in 2018, going down by -6.1% against the...

In 2018, Iran (43K tonnes) was the main destination for wrapping papers exports from China, with a 16% share of total exports.