PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION FOR INDIA
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S.N. | Particular | Time of Information | Source | |
01 | Country | India | ||
02 | Population (Million) | 1352.6 | 2018 | http://en.wikipedia.org |
03 | Total Pulp/Paper/Paperboard Production (MT) | 17.284 | 2019 | FAO |
03.1 | Corrugated/Packaging | 10.005 | ||
03.2 | Newsprint | 1.200 | ||
03.3 | Graphic Paper (New Classification) | 6.320 | ||
03.4 | Others | 0 | ||
04 | Import | 3.113 | ||
05 | Export | 1.531 | ||
06 | Net Consumption | 18.666 | ||
07 | Per Capita Consumption (Kg) | 14.0 | ||
08.0 | Recovered Paper: Collection | 3.700 | ||
08.1 | Import | 6.553 | ||
08.2 | Export | 0.0 | ||
08.4 | Consumption/Usage | 10.253 | ||
09.0 | Wood Pulp: Production | 3.362 | ||
09.1 | Import | 1.61 | ||
09.2 | Export | 0.004 | ||
09.4 | Consumption/Usage | 4.968 | ||
10 | No. of Pulp/Paper Mills | >500 | 2018 | |
11 | Main Raw Materials | HW, Bamboo, Agricultural waste, Recycled Fiber | 2018 | |
12 | Major Companies | BiLT, JK, ITC |
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Growing consumption of pulp and paper in India has increased the demand for wood fiber for the domestic pulp industry in the country, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. With the lack of domestic pulpwood plantations, pulp manufacturers have for the past few years increasingly been looking overseas to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Southeast Asia for much needed hardwood chips.
Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update Aug. 25, 2015 - a news brief from Wood Resources International LLCLack of domestic forest resources has forced the pulp industry in India to increasingly rely on hardwood chips from overseas for its wood fiber needs, report the Wood Resource Quarterly
Seattle, USA. India has limited domestic forest resources to supply its forest industry, and with growing domestic demand for forest products, the country's pulp mills and sawmills have found it necessary to increase importation of wood raw-material both in the form of wood chips and logs.
Over the next five years, demand for paper is expected to increase by between
2-12% annually, depending on paper grade. Over the past decade, the domestic
pulp industry has steadily increased its usage of pulpwood because of higher
pulp production, less usage of bamboo and because several pulp mills switched
from recycled fiber to wood fiber.
The share of imported wood fiber for the pulp industry accounted for almost ten
percent of total consumption of wood fiber in 2014, and this share is expected
to increase in the coming years.
The shortage and high cost of local pulpwood in India has resulted in increased
interest in sourcing wood chips from overseas despite logistical difficulties
both at the ports and when transporting the chips from the ports to the pulp
mills long.
Importation of chips is fairly new and Indian pulp mills did not import any wood
chips until 2013 when the first shipments of hardwood chips from South Africa,
Australia and Thailand arrived. The total imports reached just over 200,000 ODMT
in 2013, then rose to approximately 370,000 ODMT in 2014, according to the Wood
Resource Quarterly. South Africa has been the major supplier of chips, with
shipped volumes accounting for about 70% of the total import volume in 2015.
During the first six months of 2015, India imported an estimated 180,000 m3, or
about 30% more than in the same period in 2014. So far in 2015, three countries
have exported wood chips to India, South Africa, Brazil and Vietnam. South
Africa has been the dominant supplier to date, and is likely to continue to be
the major supplier for the foreseeable future.
Contact Information
Wood Resources International LLCHakan Ekstrom
Seattle, USA
info@wri-ltd.com
www.woodprices.com
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Top 5 Paper & Paperboard Producing Countries (Million Metric Ton in 2019)
Countries | Million MT | |||
Production | Imports | Exports | Net Consumption | |
World | 404.3 | 110.5 | 112.8 | 401.9 |
China | 107.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 107.8 |
USA | 68.2 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 66.6 |
Japan | 25.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 25.2 |
Germany | 22.1 | 9.6 | 13.5 | 18.2 |
India | 17.3 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 18.9 |
Top 5 Recovered Paper Importing Countries (Million Metric Ton in 2019)
Countries | Million MT | |||
Production | Imports | Exports | Net Consumption | |
World | 228.6 | 48.9 | 48.9 | 228.6 |
China | 52.4 | 10.4 | 0 | 62.8 |
India | 3.7 | 6.6 | 0 | 10.3 |
Germany | 14.8 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 17.0 |
Indonesia | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.02 | 6.2 |
Viet Nam | 0.12 | 2.8 | 0 | 2.9 |