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The article reports on the growing demand of recovered paper in China and India.

The article focuses on the study titled "Research Report on China's Paper Making Industry - 2011-2012," from Research & Markets Ltd., which found the important role played by the recovered paper to support the developing paper making industry in China.

Reports that the United States' exports of recycled paper remained strong in the first half of 2005, according to the Department of Commerce. 1.2 million metric tons representing a 19.2 percent rise since June 2004; Top export destination China at 51.1 percent; Canada's 16.4 percent consumption.

The article discusses a report by Research and Markets on the paper and forest products market in China. The report indicates that China's papermaking industry has enjoyed positive developments as a result of overall economic growth. Key issues addressed by the report include China paper industry overview, rules and regulations, entry reasons and entry strategies for foreign firms, and raw material situation of the industry.

The article reports on the decline of the U.S. recovered paper exports in 2008. It mentions that the recovered paper exports of 1.38 million metric tons in September were at a one-year low and are just 1.8% higher than the other decline in the same month when export hit 1.35 million metric tons. Moreover, the Department of Commerce reports a significant decline of Chinese orders of the product.

The article reports that Dalian Yamei Pro-Environmental Color Printing Packaging Co. Ltd., of China has started up its fully automatic corrugated paper line and auxiliary equipments. It is stated that Yamei is now the only company in the city of Dalian, China that runs a corrugated paper line and honeycomb paper line.

The article reports on the increase of demand concerning U.S. recovered paper that was exported to China. According to the Department of Commerce, recovered paper exports rose 17.9 percent year-over-year through the first three quarters in 2006. The author cited the total recovered paper exports has grown by 1.2 percent last September 2006 and it reached about 2 million metric tons.

The article reports on the sharp increase of recovered paper exports in the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. exports of recovered paper started out with shipments of nearly 1.5 million metric tons in January 2007, up to 12.2 percent from January 2006. Meanwhile, U.S. recovered paper sent to China in January 2007 reached 911,439 metric tons.

The article presents a report from the National Development and Reform Commission which reveals that 32.44 million metric tons of outdated capacity that violates the Discharge Standards of Water-Based Pollutants for the Pulp and Paper Industry of China for 2010.

The article discusses Forest Trends' report "Environmental Aspects of China's Paper Making Fiber Supply" which cites that China's paper industry has built up a massive recycling capacity that is protecting forests worldwide from destruction. The country has been supporting a strong international market for recovered paper as an alternative to pulpwood. About 60% of the fiber used to make paper and paperboard products in China is derived from recovered paper.

The article reports on the substantial growth of the paper making industry in China in 2010, wherein the industry gained an operating income of 54.2 billion dollars and total profit of 3.1 dollars with an increase of 31.67% and 58.66% every year.

The article reports on the plans of Orient Paper Inc. to build a new paper mill for 2008 in China. According to company officials the new facility will let Orient Paper to compete with the biggest paper businesses in the country and the rest of the world. It states that the company will have products like corrugated paper, offset paper and writing paper. Furthermore, the annual output for 2010 is expected to total 1.2 million tons.

Reports that International Paper Co. is in discussions with Shandong Sun Paper Ltd. about the establishment of a joint venture for coated paperboard production in China. Plans of International Paper to purchase shares in Sun's coated board assets in Yanzhou City, Shandong Province.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce says Chinese orders accounted for 83.7 percent of the 440,346 metric tons year-over-year increase in U.S. recovered paper exports during January-April 2005. Shipments to China rose 22.4 percent in April. Total recovered paper exports from the U.S. hit 4.77 metric tons through the first four months of this year, with April's shipments alone reaching 1.2 million metric tons. While all of the grade categories were up on a year-to-year basis from a year ago, OCC moved up a robust 10.9 percent in April.

The article focuses on the growth of China's paper making industry which is driven by the macro economy, and has increased to 94 million tons in 2009 with an annual growth rate of 14 percent.

The article reports that the shipments of recovered paper from the U.S. has decreased which reflected a slowdown which the Department of Commerce has predicted. According to the American Forest and Paper Association, the domestic consumption fell by 4.9 percent which led to a monthly decline of 4.3 percent on the total demand. The growth in export to China has remained strong and considered as the top destination for U.S. exports.

The article reports on the increase of recovered paper exports by 13.3 percent in the U.S. for the year 2005 as compared to the previous year. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, China has continued to hold the record as the biggest U.S. recovered paper consumer. Old corrugated cardboard (OCC) is the second largest category of recovered paper exported from the country. The top three export markets for OCC are China, South Korea and Canada.

The article discusses the growth of Lorentzen & Wettre (L&W). Stockholm, Sweden-based L&W continues its expansion in Asia. This year L&W is opening a sales and service company in Shanghai, China. The new company will start with six employees and will offer a complete range of products and training, as well as service and support. With more than 3,000 paper mills and an annual production of 33 million tons of paper, China has overtaken Japan and is now the world's next largest paper manufacturer after the U.S.

The article presents the report of the U.S. Department of Commerce which indicated the export values of U.S. paper products for the second quarter of 2009. It states that the U.S. recovered paper exports have increased by 10.6 percent over the first three months of 2009. It adds that the exported paper to China has increased by 7.5 percent or from 449,005 metric tons to 6.4 million metric tons.

The article reports that the paper industry's prosperity index in China has changed since the third quarter of 2008. The growth of paper, paperboard production, and its consumption has declined to 6%-8%, which is down from the previous 10%. Fixed asset investment in the paper sector is also reported to have declined drastically. In August 2008, it was 6.7%, which is reported to have been the lowest since 2007 and lower that the 23.8% growth experienced from January to August 2008.

The article offers information on the 2007 figures of the production of paper and board in China. According to a report from the China Paper Association (CPA), the country's production of paper was 73.5 million metric tons while paperboard production increased by 13 percent from 2006. The production grew in coated paper, tissue paper, coated boxboard and corrugating medium.

Information about several papers discussed at a meeting of the American Forest & Paper Association on the exportation of paperboard in China. The association reports that 53.4 percent of paper consumed nationwide while 53.5 million tons was recycled which includes postconsumer paper products such as newsprint, tissue or office paper. They have encouraged by both the quantity and quality of paper being recovered but was bump by the increase of high quality paper being recovered.

The article reports on the contribution of China to the 54 percent increase of global trade in recovered fiber in 2009 form its 34 percent share in 2004 affirmed by the paper industry research firm RISI.

The article reports on the improvement of China's domestic paper making industry. According to AsiaPulse, investment strategy reports for the second quarter favor stocks of the industry on the ground of environmental protection policies to eliminate outdated production capacities, paper product price rises and appreciation of Chinese currency. It notes that the prices for corrugated paper, newsprint, board paper, white paperboard and art paper have increased in the country.

The article reports on the increase of paper making capacity of China during the first eight months of 2007 at 16.2% over the same period in 2006. It says that from January to August 2007, Chinese mills produced 49.8 million metric tons of paper and paperboard. It notes that the total export of the materials was 2.6% million metric tons for the same period.

The article reports that the paper industry in China is developing at an annual growth rate of between 10 percent and 15 percent in 2007. According to ChinaPaperOnline.com growth rate is higher that the gross domestic product. According to the Web site, the earnings rate is increasing faster than sales, specifically on the steady price growth of fine paper.

Reports on the decline in the exports of recovered paper in China. Demand for papers in the country; Lists of countries with low growth of paper production; Details on the stock prices for transacted paper.

The article reports on the plan of Orient Paper Inc. to merge with Lingxian Taihua Pulp & Paper Ltd. in China. It has signed a letter of intent to merge with Lingxian. According to Orient Paper, if the proposed merger is successful, it could provide Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Co. Ltd. with raw material directly, optimizing the industrial organizational structure and realizing economies of scale and cost efficiency.

This article reports that since the beginning of this year overcapacity and low operating rates in China have had a tempering effect on OCC prices, says David Clapp, senior economist, World Fiber Service, RISI. He was a featured Paper Recycling Session speaker at last month's American Forest and Paper Association, Paper Week in New York City. He also sees world recovered paper use growing by 19 million metric tons between now and 2007, with almost half of the increase occurring in Asia. Exports will account for three-quarters of the growth in U.S. recovered paper demand between now and 2007, totaling almost 3 million metric tons.

The article focuses on the report from "China Daily" which reveals that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced that by 2015 the country will raise its paper recycling rate 72.1 percent from 71.5 as its expands its paper and paperboard output.

The article reflects on the report from the U.S. Department of Commerce that determines the demands from China for U.S. recovered paper from January to November 2005. The report implies that China's demand was more than the demands from other foreign countries such as Mexico and India. For the same period, the industry has gained a significant amount of shipment for China alone.

Information about the China Paper Sustainable Forum 2009 which was held in Suzhou, China in June 2009 is presented. Highlights include the discussion that China has outpaced the U.S. and has become the top country in board and paper production in the world. Participants of the forum are said to have held that the sector is still having a severe pollution and high water consumption.

The article reports on the recovered paper exports by the U.S. that grew high in the final quarter of 2006. The export touched 15.9 million metric tons, which is 9% more than in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. During 2006, China remained as the top importer for the recovered paper, receiving nearly 9.1 million metric tons. In December 2006, 1.48 million metric tons of recovered paper were exported to China following its increase in demand by 900,913 metric tons.

The article reports that Nine Dragons Paper Holdings, one of the largest packaging manufacturing companies based in China is planning to invest in pulp mills and forestry operations. According to "China Knowledge," the company had decided to expand its business upstream as demand surges in the paperboard packaging market. It plans to make an initial investment of approximately $1.5 billion between now and 2009.

The article focuses on the global consumption for containerboard that drives old corrugated containers (OCC) prices increase. According to Rod Young, chief economic adviser of RISI Inc., containerboard consumption in 2010 were figured at 402 million metric tons, in which it come up with 218 million tons of paper and 164 million metric tons of wood pulp. It mentions that container board demand in China was the reason why OCC prices are rising.

The article reports on the boosting growth of paper production in China. According to the report given by the China Paper Association (CPA), the country has produced 73.5 million metric tons of paper and paperboard in 2007, which manifests 13% increase in consumption from 2006. Further, it reveals that the expanding production of paper causes the country to become a net exporter.

The article reports on the reasons behind increasing sorted office paper (SOP) prices throughout North America. This is due to the strong export demand which has been started by a certain mill in China that bought in huge amounts. Another reason behind rising SOP prices is improvements in deinking technology where mills can get a 90% yield from buying SOP than a 70% yield when using printers' waste.

The article reports on the delivery of two board machines from Metso Paper Inc. of Jyvaskyla, Finland to China's Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. The 285-inch fluting machine will have a speed of about 4,200 feet per minute while the three-ply linerboard machine will have a design speed of about 3,450 feet per minute. These machines will produce both recycled and kraft linerboard and are valued at about $74 million per unit.

The article reports on the continuing 2007 sales growth of old corrugated container (OCC) in China. However, it was expected that the sales will decline during September and October but voracious export demands could possibly change the trend. China will continue to add more recovered paper capacity like OCC that used as a feedstock for a wide variety of products in paper industry.

Reports on the imposition of antidumping tariffs on unbleached kraft linerboard by the China Ministry of Commerce. Duration of the levy received from U.S. companies; Impact of the ruling on Smurfit Stone Container Enterprise; Effects of the regulation on Packaging Corp. of America and International Paper Co.

The article reports that DBS Group has lowered its rating for containerboard producer Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. in China. According to ChinaPaperOnline.com, DBS lowered its rating to holding for the company and lowered the profit-ability expectation by March 31, 2009 by 27 percent factoring in ongoing high raw material costs and dropping prices. DBS depicted that the price situation in 2009 remains uncertain and Lee & Man's bargaining position on price is slipping.

The article focuses on the leading business development of China on recovered paper between January and November 2006 in the U.S. According to the Department of Commerce, the country has consumed 18.5 percent more recovered paper than in the same period in 2005. In fact, it has consumed 8.2 million metric tons in this period. Old corrugated containers is considered to be the second largest category of recovered paper exported from the U.S.

Reports on the year-over-year increase in exports of recovered paper through the first seven months of 2005 in the U.S. Growth in China's consumption of U.S. recovered paper; Percentage of recovered paper exports received by China; Total tons of recovered paper that are exported.

The article reports that Chinese customs inspectors have rejected shipments of paper bales in China due to the floating contamination levels in mixed paper bales.

The article forecasts the effort of China to phase out obsolete paper capacities during its 12th five-year plan for 2011-2015.

The article reports on the opinion of Raymond Lee, chief executive officer (CEO) of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Co., on the growth of the paper business in China. During the European Paper Recycling conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lee expressed pessimism on the growth prospects of the paper industry due to weakening export, domestic and government demand. However, Lee anticipated the growth of domestic single-digit net capacity in 2009.

The article focuses on the stable prices of old corrugated cartons (OCC) for 2011. It mentions that board mills anticipate the effect of lost generation during winter and spring of 2011 and like to lower its prices. It states that analyst Mark Wilde of Deutsche Bank considers the 2011 earthquake in Japan as a contributor for the increase of OCC prices in West Coast. It adds that China has been very quiet on all grades, holding very firm on prices, despite of the disaster episode in Japan.

The article reports on the plan of Nine Dragons, China's largest containerboard producer, to add an additional 850,000 metric tons of containerboard capacity by mid-August 2007. Chip Dillon, paper industry analyst of Citigroup Global Markets said that the additional capacity was originally scheduled to start-up in June but the mill experienced equipment delays. Nine Dragon plans to add over four percent to current global containerboard capacity.

The article focuses on the financial performance of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. in China. It mentions that the firm reported interim results for the six months ended on September 30, 2008 of about $708 million and net profit of $86.1 million. In addition, the increase in turnover was the result of a notable rise in sales of containerboard with production line PM9, PM10 and PM11 in full operation.

The article reports that China Sunshine Paper Holdings Co. Ltd. has been listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. in Hong Kong, China on November 29, 2007. According to the report, the global offering of Sunshine Paper comprises 100 million shares, wherein 90 million shares will initially be offered to professional, institutional and other investors through international placing, while the remaining 10 million shares will initially be offered to the public.