Driven by various industries upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, the liquid packaging paper market has broad development prospects

Liquid packaging paper refers to the packaging paper used for various liquid beverages such as milk, juice, and coffee. Common liquid beverage packaging forms currently on the market mainly include wrapping paper, packaging bags, plastic bottles, metal cans, glass bottles, etc. Among them, wrapping paper has the advantages of good sealing, strong waterproofness, strong anti-leakage, low cost, light weight, etc., and is the mainstream form of liquid beverage packaging market at present.

Liquid packaging paper is a paper product made of food-specific paper as the basic material and composited with polyethylene, paper, aluminum foil and other materials. From the perspective of material usage, the usage of food-specific cardboard accounts for 72% of the total usage of liquid packaging paper materials; the usage of polyethylene accounts for 18%; and the usage of aluminum foil accounts for 7%.

The current domestic food special paper, polyethylene, and aluminum foil production capacity and output are all in a continuous growth trend. In 2021, the domestic food special paper production will be approximately 2.648 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%; the domestic packaging aluminum foil production in 2021 will be approximately 2.334 million tons. A year-on-year increase of 5.5%; according to data from the Chemical Economic and Technological Development Center, domestic polyethylene production capacity in 2021 will be approximately 25.746 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%. The sufficient supply of upstream raw materials has laid a good foundation for the development of the domestic liquid packaging paper industry.

At the same time, the downstream market demand for liquid packaging paper is relatively broad. Liquid packaging paper is mainly used in coffee, milk tea, fast food, tea, dairy products and other fields. Currently, against the background of the continuous improvement of domestic living standards and the continuous upgrading of consumer demand, the national demand for drinks continues to increase, and liquid packaging paper is used as the first choice for beverage packaging. The market demand for important raw materials continues to increase, and the demand space is relatively broad.

Among them, dairy products are the largest application area of ​​liquid packaging paper. In 2021, the domestic dairy market size will exceed 450 billion yuan. Currently, driven by the rapid development of the upstream and downstream of the domestic liquid packaging paper industry chain, its market size continues to expand. According to the“China Liquid Packaging 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center Paper Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report shows that the domestic liquid packaging paper market size has reached 35.85 billion yuan in 2021.

The current domestic companies in the field of liquid packaging paper mainly include Wuzhou Special Paper, Chenming Pulp and Paper, Sun Paper, Enjie Co., Ltd., Asia Pacific Senbo, Rundatong Liquid Packaging, Lemei Packaging, etc. Among them, Wuzhou Special Paper has an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons of liquid packaging paper, and Chenming Pulp Paper has an annual production capacity of 600,000 tons. The two companies are leading companies in the domestic liquid packaging paper industry.

Industry Analysts People said that the current supply of food special paper, polyethylene, aluminum foil and other raw materials in the upstream of the domestic liquid packaging paper industry chain is sufficient, and that in the downstream Dairy products, new Chinese tea drinks, beverages and other industries are in a stage of rapid development. With the continued favorable conditions in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, the scale of my country’s liquid packaging paper market continues to expand, and the industry development prospects are good. At the same time, a number of leading companies with scale and technological advantages have emerged in the domestic liquid packaging paper market, and the industry has broad prospects for future development.