my country’s corrugated base paper production gradually increases while imports gradually decrease

Corrugated base paper, also known as corrugated core paper, is a raw paper that is heated to form a corrugated corrugated core. As an important raw material for the production of corrugated board, corrugated base paper has the advantages of good strength, high tightness and stiffness, and smooth paper surface, thus ensuring that the made cartons have certain shockproof and pressure resistance capabilities. Corrugated base paper can be reused many times and can also be recycled and reused, with excellent environmental performance. With the gradual advancement of production technology, the types of corrugated base paper are gradually increasing. According to different raw materials, it can be roughly divided into straw pulp corrugated base paper, semi-chemical corrugated base paper and other corrugated base paper.

From the upstream of the industrial chain, pulp has become the main raw material for the production of corrugated base paper. At present, the demand for paper in our country is very huge. As a raw material for production, the market demand for pulp is growing continuously. In order to meet market demand, my country’s pulp companies have gradually expanded their production scale, and their output has been greatly improved. According to data released by the China Packaging Federation, my country’s total pulp production in 2022 will be 85.87 million tons, an increase of 5.01% from the previous year. my country’s pulp output continues to increase, providing a sufficient foundation for the rapid development of the corrugated base paper market.

Packaging can protect products, facilitate transportation, promote product information, and enhance recognition. It is widely used in food processing, medicine, logistics and other markets. With the gradual implementation of many environmental protection measures such as my country’s plastic restriction order, paper packaging has gradually replaced plastic packaging and become the mainstream packaging form, and the market size has gradually expanded. With its advantages of green environmental protection and excellent printing performance, corrugated paper has become an important part of paper packaging, and the market demand has gradually increased.

According to the “Corrugated Paper Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center, in the downstream Driven by the growing market demand, my country’s corrugated base paper companies continue to expand their production scale and gradually increase their output. According to data released by the China Paper Association, my country’s corrugated base paper production will be 27.7 million tons in 2022, an increase of 3.17% from the previous year.

In the early days, due to the large gap between my country’s corrugated base paper production and market demand, large amounts of imports from abroad were needed to fill the gap. However, with the gradual advancement of my country’s corrugated base paper production technology and the gradual commissioning of large-capacity production facilities, the output of local enterprises’ corrugated base paper continues to grow, so the import volume has declined. According to data released by the State Administration of Customs, in 2022, my country’s import volume of corrugated base paper will be 2.41 million tons.

Industry analysts said that there are a large number of companies in my country’s corrugated base paper market, and the larger companies mainly include Jingxing Paper and Jiu Dragon Paper, Shanying International, Lee & Man Paper, Liansheng Paper, Bohui Paper, etc. As China’s production capacity structure gradually upgrades, some corrugated base paper companies with smaller scales and backward production technologies are gradually eliminated, and the concentration of the corrugated base paper market is expected to increase in the future.