Chinese market increases share of global recovered paper trade

Annual trade data published by RISI shows China accounted for 54 percent of global trade in recovered fiber in 2009, a substantial increase from its 34 percent share in 2004. The USA exported over two thirds of its recovered paper to China in 2009, just over 13 of its 19 million tonnes. Chinese paper and board mills imported another 17 million tonnes of recovered paper from the rest of the world.

The data, compiled into one database by RISI economists around the globe, shows exports from the major producing countries to sixty-two destination countries for key graphic paper, packaging and pulp & recovered paper grades. World Bilateral Trade Data supports historical trend analysis to show which producer country is gaining market share in the global trade of pulp and paper products.

’Our Bilateral Trade Tables aggregate customs data worldwide with RISI data to provide the only comprehensive source available of country-to-country trade statistics for the global pulp and paper industry,’ said Kurt Schaefer, RISI vice president of fiber.

World Bilateral Trade Data contains a world view and regional matrices that help understand pulp and paper trade flows on the macro in addition to the micro level.