In the middle of this month, when cultural paper companies raised their prices collectively, some companies said that they might raise prices further in the future depending on the situation. After only half a month, the cultural paper market ushered in a new round of price hikes.
It is reported that several cultural paper companies in China recently announced that due to the high price of raw materials, from July 1, the company’s cultural paper products will increase by 200 yuan / ton on the basis of the current price. The agency pointed out that the short-term firm pulp price is good for large-scale paper companies with their own pulp lines or wood pulp inventory management capabilities. The industry structure is expected to be further optimized, and the prosperity will be effectively improved.
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On June 17, several Chinese paper companies issued a price increase notice, stating that due to the high production cost, from July 1, their white cardboard series will be increased by 300 yuan / ton (tax included). In June this year, white cardboard just experienced a round of collective price increases, the range is around 200 yuan / ton (tax included).
In response to the spread of price increases, many paper companies said that they were affected by factors such as rising prices of raw materials such as wood pulp and energy, and rising logistics and transportation costs. It is reported that the core costs of papermaking are raw materials and energy, which together account for more than 70% of operating costs.
According to statistics, in May, the domestic production of coated paper was 370,000 tons, a month-on-month increase of 15.8%, and the capacity utilization rate was 62.3%; the domestic double-coated paper output was 703,000 tons, a month-on-month increase of 2.2%, and the capacity utilization rate was 61.1%; domestic white cardboard output 887,000 tons, a month-on-month increase of 1.5%, with a capacity utilization rate of 72.1%; tissue paper production was 732,000 tons, a month-on-month decrease of 0.6%, with a capacity utilization rate of 41.7%.
Metsä Fibre stated that its AKI pulp mill reduced its supply to China by 50% in June due to equipment failure. Russia’s ILIM announced that it would supply no softwood pulp to China in July. At the same time, Arauco stated that due to abnormal plant production, the number of long-term suppliers for this supply is small. in normal amounts. In April, the pulp shipments of the top 20 countries in the world decreased by 12% month-on-month, of which the shipments to the Chinese market decreased by 17% month-on-month, which is slightly weaker than the seasonality.
Post time: Jun-27-2022