Reasons of Continuously Rising Paper Price

Paper raw material prices have been rising since November last year. It is becoming increasingly clear that this problem will not be easily solved in the short time after the Spring Festival. The raw material paper pulp and paper prices upside down. Many paper factories are overwhelmed and forced to reduce or stop production. In the meantime, due to the shortage of containers and rising shipping costs, the price of imported paper has risen, it also pushing up domestic spot prices.

There are other reasons:

Firstly, affected by the COVID-19, the supply of raw material is tight. The production capacity of the world’s major wood pulp producing countries has declined to varying degrees, and the shipping capacity has been affected.

Secondly, Our country has been banned all imports of solid waste since Jan 1, 2021. The dumping, stacking and disposal of waste products from overseas on Chinese territory were also be banned, according to the notice. Factories paper waste import quotas were also cleared at the same time. In order to fill the gap in raw materials, the price of domestic paper waste recycling has increased.

Thirdly, affected by “Plastic Ban” replacing plastic with paper is one of the important factors in the price increasing. National catering industry non-degradable single-use plastic straws had been banned since January.

Last but not least, paper market is positive, and the paper waste recycling chains supplies tried to corner the market.