my country’s pulp output is gradually increasing and market concentration is low

Paper pulp is a fibrous material made from plant fibers as raw materials and processed through various processing methods. With the gradual advancement of production technology, the types of pulp are becoming increasingly rich and have various classification methods. According to different processing methods, paper pulp can be roughly divided into chemical pulp, mechanical pulp, mechanical chemical pulp, etc.; according to different processing levels, paper pulp can be roughly divided into natural pulp, bleached pulp, semi-bleached pulp, refined pulp, etc.

From the upstream of the industrial chain, waste paper pulp has become the main raw material for pulp production. After the discarded paper is recycled, it can be made into waste paper pulp after sorting and screening. The amount of waste paper recycled in my country is gradually increasing, and the output of waste paper pulp has been affected to a certain extent. With the gradual advancement of my country’s production technology, the efficiency of waste paper pulp production has gradually improved, and the output has gradually increased. According to data released by the China Paper Association, my country’s waste paper pulp production will reach 59.14 million tons in 2022, an increase of 1.72% from the previous year. The output of waste paper pulp is gradually increasing, providing sufficient raw materials for the rapid development of paper pulp.

With the gradual improvement of my country’s ecological protection awareness and the gradual implementation of policies such as the “Plastic Restriction Order”, paper packaging has gradually replaced plastic packaging, and market demand has gradually increased, promoting the rapid development of the paper packaging market. However, affected by the epidemic, my country’s commodity trading volume has gradually declined, and the size of the packaging market has gradually declined, which has indirectly affected the demand for paper packaging. According to data released by the China Packaging Federation, in 2022, enterprises above designated size in my country’s paper product packaging industry will achieve industry main business revenue of 304.547 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.81%. Pulp is an important raw material for the production of paper packaging, and its market has been affected to a certain extent.

According to the “China Pulp Industry Market Development Status and Production and Sales Data Analysis Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center, in recent years In 2008, my country’s economy and society developed rapidly, residents’ consumption structure gradually upgraded, and their demand for spiritual culture gradually increased. As a basic material for the production of books, newspapers, magazines and other products, the market size of paper is gradually growing, which indirectly drives the gradual increase in the demand for pulp market. Against this background, my country’s pulp enterprises have gradually expanded their production scale and increased their output. According to data released by the China Paper Association, my country’s total pulp production in 2022 will be 85.87 million tons, an increase of 5.01% from the previous year.

Industry analysts said that my country’s pulp market has low concentration and has not yet formed a stable competition pattern. The major pulp companies in my country include Tianhe Paper, Chenming Paper, Nine Dragons Paper, Yueyang Paper, Jindong Paper, Zhonghua Paper, Sun Paper, Xinya Paper, Huatai Paper, Yinge Investment etc. In addition, there are a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in my country’s pulp market. These enterprises are small in scale, have relatively single product types, and have weak market competitiveness. As my country’s large-scale pulp companies gradually expand, the living space of small and medium-sized enterprises is gradually squeezed, and the market may be eliminated in the future, and market concentration will gradually increase.