Paper and paperboard market

Paper and paperboard market: get access to new information secured by an Ai-driven market research platform. Information provide market size, consumption, market prices, exports, imports, trade, production, and companies. Here is a breakdown by country, including the U.K., Africa, EU, China, the Middle East, Russia, Latin America, and the U.S. Market insights and forecast to 2030 are also featured in the dashboards.

Paper and Paperboard - World's Largest Markets

In value terms, China led the market, alone. The second position in the ranking was occupied by the United States. It was followed by Japan.

From 2018 to 2020, the average annual rate of growth in terms of value in China totaled +10.8%. The remaining consuming countries recorded the following average annual rates of market growth: the United States (-7.7% per year) and Japan (-10.8% per year).

Paper and Paperboard Prices

Paper and Paperboard - Top Importers

In value terms, the United States ($7.5B), Germany ($7.4B) and China ($4.1B) appeared to be the countries with the highest levels of imports in 2020, with a combined 22% share of global imports.

In terms of the main importing countries, China recorded the highest rates of growth with regard to the value of imports, over the period under review, while purchases for the other global leaders experienced a decline in the imports figures.

Paper and Paperboard - Top Exporters

In value terms, the largest paper and paperboard supplying countries worldwide were Germany ($10.6B), the United States ($8.3B) and Sweden ($7.6B), with a combined 31% share of global exports. These countries were followed by Finland, China, Canada, Indonesia, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, South Korea and Russia, which together accounted for a further 40%.

China saw the highest growth rate of the value of exports, among the main exporting countries over the period under review, while shipments for the other global leaders experienced a decline in the exports figures.

Paper and Paperboard - Market Forecast

Driven by rising demand for paper and paperboard worldwide, the market is expected to start an upward consumption trend over the next decade. The performance of the market is forecast to increase slightly, with an anticipated CAGR of for the period from 2020 to 2030, which is projected to bring the market volume to by the end of 2030.

Paper and Paperboard - Top Companies

VISY PAPER PTY. LTD., International Paper Company, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Stora Enso Oyj, UPM-Kymmene Oyj, REYNOLDS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED, NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD., Novacki Industrial S/A, Sinar Mas Paper (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai Xinchen Paper Products Factory, HUHTAMAKI (LISBURN) LIMITED, DAIO PAPER CORPORATION, Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Fibria Celulose S/A, Cascades Inc, Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation, Shan Dong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co., Ltd., OJI PAPER CO., LTD., VISY BOARD PROPERTIES PROPRIETARY LIMITED, HOKUETSU CORPORATION

Paper and Paperboard - Product Coverage

• HS 4803 - Tissue, towel, napkin stock or similar; for household or sanitary uses, cellulose wadding, webs of cellulose fibres, in rolls over 36cm in width or rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36cm when unfolded
• HS 480411 - Kraft paper and paperboard; kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480419 - Kraft paper and paperboard; kraftliner, uncoated, bleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480511 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, semi-chemical fluting paper, rolls or sheets
• HS 480512 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, straw fluting paper, rolls or sheets
• HS 480519 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, fluting paper other than semi-chemical or straw, rolls or sheets
• HS 480524 - Paper & paperboard; uncoated, testliner (recycled linerboard), weight 150g/m2, or less, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480525 - Paper & paperboard; uncoated, testliner (recycled linerboard), weight over 150g/m2, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480591 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 150g/m2 or less, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no.4805
• HS 480442 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight between 150 and 225g/m2, bleached uniformly throughout, more than 95% of total fibre content consists of chemically processed wood fibres, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480449 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight more than 150g/m2 but less than 225g/m2, in rolls or sheets, n.e.s. in item no. 4804.4, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480451 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, unbleached, weight 225g/m2 or more, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480452 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 225g/m2 or more, bleached uniformly throughout, more than 95% of total fibre content consists of chemically processed wood fibres, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480459 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 225g/m2 or more, in rolls or sheets, n.e.s. in item no. 4804.5, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480592 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight more than 150g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no. 4805
• HS 481032 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uniformly bleached throughout, coated with inorganic substances, more than 95% of chemically processed wood fibres, weight more than 150g/m2, for non-graphic purposes, in rolls or sheets
• HS 481039 - Kraft paper and paperboard; coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, for non-graphic purposes, n.e.s. in item no. 4810.31 and 4810.32, in rolls or sheets
• HS 481092 - Paper and paperboard; multi-ply, coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, for non-graphic purposes, n.e.c. in heading no. 4810, in rolls or sheets
• HS 481151 - Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), bleached, weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810
• HS 481159 - Paper and paperboard; coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives), other than bleached and weighing more than 150g/m2, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810
• HS 480421 - Kraft paper and paperboard; sack kraft paper, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480429 - Kraft paper and paperboard; sack kraft paper, uncoated, bleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480431 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, unbleached, weight 150g/m2 or less, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480439 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, bleached, weight 150g/m2 or less, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480530 - Paper and paperboard; sulphite wrapping paper, uncoated, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480610 - Paper; vegetable parchment, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480620 - Paper; greaseproof papers, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480640 - Paper; glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers, in rolls or sheets
• HS 4808 - Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets other than those of heading no. 4803 or 4818
• HS 481031 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uniformly bleached throughout, coated with inorganic substances, more than 95% of chemically processed wood fibres, weight 150g/m2 or less, for non-graphic purposes, in rolls or sheets
• HS 481099 - Paper and paperboard; coated with inorganic substances only, whether or not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, n.e.s. in heading no. 4810, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480593 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, weight 225/m2 or more, in rolls or sheets, n.e.c. in heading no. 4805
• HS 480240 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); wallpaper base, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480441 - Kraft paper and paperboard; uncoated, unbleached, weight more than 150g/m2 but less than 225g/m2, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803
• HS 480540 - Paper and paperboard; filter paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480550 - Paper and paperboard; felt paper and paperboard, uncoated, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480630 - Paper; tracing papers, in rolls or sheets
• HS 4812 - Filter blocks, slabs and plates of paper pulp
• HS 4813 - Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes
• HS 4801 - Newsprint, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480261 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); over 10% by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, in rolls
• HS 480262 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); over 10% by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, in sheets 435mm or less by 297mm or less (unfolded)
• HS 480269 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); over 10% by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, other than rolls, other than sheets 435mm or less by 297mm or less (unfolded)
• HS 480210 - Paper and paperboard; uncoated, for writing, printing, other graphic use, non-perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading no. 4801 or 4803, hand-made paper or paperboard
• HS 480220 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); of a kind used as a base for photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive paper or paperboard, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480254 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weighing less than 40g/m2, in rolls or sheets
• HS 480255 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weighing 40g/m2 to 150g/m2, in rolls
• HS 480256 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weight 40-150g/m2, in sheets 435mm or less by 297mm or less (unfolded)
• HS 480257 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weight 40-150g/m2, n.e.c. in item no. 4802.55 or 4802.56
• HS 480258 - Uncoated paper and paperboard (not 4801 or 4803); printing, writing or graphic, 10% or less by weight of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibre, weighing more than 150g/m2, rolls over 15cm wide or sheets one side over 36cm, other side over 15cm
• HS 4809 - Carbon paper, self copy paper, and other copying or transfer papers (including coated or impregnated paper for duplicator stencils or offset plates), whether or not printed, in rolls or sheets
• HS 481013 - Paper and paperboard; coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances, for printing & writing, graphics, containing no, or not more than 10% by weight of total fibres obtained by mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, in rolls
• HS 481014 - Paper and paperboard; coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances, for printing/writing/graphics, having 10% or less by weight of total fibres got mechanical/chemi-mechanical process,sheets, sides 435mm or less by 297mm or less, unfolded,
• HS 481019 - Paper and paperboard; coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances, for printing/writing/graphics, having 10% or less by weight of total fibres got by mechanical/chemi-mechanical process, sides exceeding 435mm and 297mm, unfolded, sheets
• HS 481022 - Paper and paperboard; coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, having more than 10% of mechanical or chemi-mechanical processed fibres, for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, light-weight coated paper, in rolls or sheets
• HS 481029 - Paper and paperboard; coated with kaolin or other inorganic substances only, having more than 10% of mechanically processed fibres, (excluding light-weight paper), for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, in rolls or sheets

Source: IndexBox Market Intelligence Platform