my country’s specialty paper production continues to grow, and food packaging specialty paper accounts for the largest market share

Special paper refers to paper produced using special processing techniques or adding special raw materials for a specific performance and use. Compared with ordinary paper, special paper has the characteristics of greater technical difficulty, higher performance and added value, and can meet certain special purposes. After years of development, special paper has a wide range of applications and increasingly rich product categories. It can be roughly divided into special paper for food packaging, special paper for tobacco, special paper for printing, special paper for medical packaging, special paper for building materials, and special paper for agricultural use. wait.

According to the “China Specialty Paper Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center, in recent years Over the past few years, my country’s economic level has gradually improved, residents’ consumption power has gradually increased, and the number of online shoppers has gradually increased, which has promoted the rapid development of the express logistics industry. The demand for special papers such as packaging and labels has continued to increase, driving the demand for special papers to continue to grow. Coupled with the implementation of my country’s “plastic restriction order” and other policies, the demand for special paper, as one of the alternatives to plastic, has further increased. In order to meet market demand, my country’s special paper production continues to grow. According to data released by the China Paper Industry Association, in 2022, my country’s special paper and cardboard output will be 425.00 tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.59%.

Judging from the market structure of my country’s special paper, the output of food packaging special paper accounts for the largest proportion of the overall special paper output, accounting for 34.7%; followed by special paper for building materials, accounting for 14.2%; ranking third is special paper for printing paper, accounting for 7.4%; medical packaging special paper accounting for 3.6%.

From the perspective of my country’s food packaging specialty paper market, food packaging specialty paper can be roughly divided into container type and non-container type packaging special paper according to different uses. Among them, container packaging special paper mainly includes milk cartons, paper bowls, paper cups, etc.; non-container packaging special paper mainly includes steamer paper, baking paper, greaseproof paper, etc. As my country’s catering market continues to develop and the popularity of catering takeout gradually increases, the demand for special paper for food packaging continues to grow, driving its output to continue to increase. In 2022, my country’s food packaging special paper output will be 147.46 tons.

Industry analysts said that at present, there are indeed a large number of special papers in my country and the market concentration is low. The largest special paper companies in my country mainly include Guanhao High-tech, Qifeng Special Paper, Wuzhou Paper, Xianhe Paper, Hengfeng Paper, Jianghe Paper, Nine Dragons Paper, Shanying Paper, and Minfeng Special Paper wait. Among them, Xianhe Co., Ltd.’s trial production accounted for the largest share, accounting for 13.7%; followed by Jianghe Paper, with a market share of 7.4%; and Wuzhou Paper ranked third, with a market share of 7.1%. In addition, there are still many small and medium-sized enterprises in my country’s special paper market. Such enterprises have weak technical levels and serious product homogeneity. As my country’s larger special paper companies gradually expand, the living space of small and medium-sized enterprises is gradually squeezed. They may be absorbed or disappear in the future, and market concentration is expected to increase.