Supply and demand market development of China’s wood pulp market in the first half of 2019

Supply and demand market development of China’s wood pulp market in the first half of 2019

Since 2019, the weak demand for terminal machine-made paper has led to the active de stocking of paper mills and traders, the weakening of domestic terminal purchasing enthusiasm, and the continuous increase of traders’ port inventory, thus affecting the demand side of the global wood pulp industry chain. Weak demand in China is the main reason for this round of decline in wood pulp. From January to April 2019, the volume of imported wood pulp in China decreased by 6% year on year. As the most important incremental support of demand side in the global supply and demand structure of wood pulp, China’s import has started to weaken since August 2018. On the one hand, the steady growth rate of production and sales of wood pulp system paper has decreased, on the other hand, the appearance of box board corrugated paper has declined significantly, replacing import The demand for waste paper has weakened.