China Paper Industry 2022 Annual Report

In 2022, the export of paper and cardboard, pulp, waste paper and paper products totaled 13.827,100 tons, an increase of 38.20% over the previous year, and the foreign exchange income was 34.650 billion US dollars, an increase of 30.60% over the previous year. The average export price of paper and paperboard was $1567.03 / ton, an increase of -4.86% over the average price of the previous year; The average export pulp price was $1563.66 / ton, an increase of 27.70% over the average price of the previous year.

06, paper and cardboard production layout and concentration

According to the survey data of China Paper Association, in 2022, in 11 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in eastern China, paper and paperboard production accounted for 67.5% of the national paper and paperboard production; 8 provinces (autonomous regions) in the central region accounted for 19.6%; In the western region, 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) accounted for 12.9 percent of the total.

07. Summary

2022 is the most difficult year for China's paper industry since the global financial crisis in 2008. The whole industry has experienced multiple pressures such as demand contraction, supply shock, and expected weakening, and the impact of factors such as rising raw and auxiliary materials and energy prices and the "new coronavirus" epidemic repeatedly brought about by the unexpected, which has caused the cost of paper enterprises to rise and the economic benefits to decline significantly. Although the production and operation difficulties increased, but through the unremitting efforts of the papermaking industry, overcome the difficulties, overcome the above many adverse factors, a number of measures, to achieve a steady slightly increased production, to ensure the market supply of paper products.