Recently, paper enterprises in Shaanxi, Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places successively issued the second wave of price increase letters, generally “increasing ￥200 yuan / ton”, and Guangxi paper enterprises, the main producer of bagasse pulp household paper, also announced price increase.
It is understood that the price rise of tissue and import waste paper policy. Imported waste paper has been an effective supplement for domestic paper mills for a long time due to its advantages in price.
In 2016, China imported about 28 million tons of waste paper, accounting for more than 35% of domestic waste paper consumption.
In November 2020, the national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of ecological environment, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued the “notice on matters related to the total prohibition of the import of solid waste”, which explicitly prohibited the import of solid waste in any way and took effect from January 1, 2021.
With the “zero import” of waste paper, paper mills have increased raw material inventory, which has accelerated the price rise of tissue.
