Global Scrap Paper Report Issued

Moore & Associates, Atlanta, in conjunction with EU Consulting, has announced the availability of the 2006 edition of its “Outlook for Recovered Paper Markets – Increasing Competition for Recovered Paper” report.

The fourth edition of the strategic business analysis focuses on future trends and developments in the use and supply of recovered paper, according to William P. Moore, one of the report’s co-authors.

Coverage in the report is global, with emphasis on developments in all the major regions: Western/Eastern Europe, North/Latin America, Japan, China, Asia Far East, Near/Middle East, Oceania and Africa.

Earlier editions (2000, 2002 and 2004) were used by consumers, processors, traders, equipment suppliers to the recycling industry and organizations involved in fiber recycling, according to Moore. He adds that the report “provides a unique and definitive insight into global developments in future recovered fiber supply/availability and markets, including detailed statistical appendices of more than 100 pages.”

The report notes that China has been the dominating factor in the global recovered paper business in the past few years, with Chinese imports exceeding 17 million tons in 2005. But additional issues addressed in the report include:

• European developments that are characterized by industry restructuring efforts, with a major impact on recovered paper demand and export availability
• U.S. paper and board industry’s ability to survive in the face of international competition and the consequences for recovered paper trading
• The new business potential in emerging markets such as India, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Ukraine; and
• The global price mechanism with the major factors influencing recovered paper price developments.

In terms of what to expect in the coming years, the report offers these predictions:

• Continuing large-scale investments in new recovered fiber-based papermaking capacity particularly in China – investments will peak in 2007 – but with less projects and restructuring characterizing European developments
• A slowing down in the growth of paper and board markets in the industrialized countries and declining markets in North America, but increasing annual volume increment in global use of recovered paper, bolstered by changing regional patterns of paper and board production  
• China’s import needs seem to be endless and supplies are needed from elsewhere in the world – North America cannot supply much more tonnage
• Growing international trade and increasing value of recovered paper as a valuable raw material – the supply side and procurement arrangements will become increasingly important
• Upward trends in prices of recovered paper, particularly for packaging grades.

Those seeking more information on the report or wishing to order it can go to www.globalrecyclefiber.com on the Web.