First, the corrugated base paper gap is serious
Due to the rapid economic growth, the further development of the retail market and the improvement of the consumption level, it is expected that by 2005 China's annual consumption of paper and cardboard will reach 50 million t, of which the consumption of corrugated board is 15 million t, compared with foreign countries, the corrugated base paper used in China is generally high quantitative, and high strength corrugated base paper shortage, due to the lack of wood pulp and added value paper, Many paper mills do not want to produce high-strength corrugated base paper, generally produce low-strength corrugated base paper, and the scale is not large, so high-strength corrugated base paper can only rely on imports. There are not many corrugated base paper projects planned for new expansion in China. It is reported that in addition to Guangdong Nine Dragons, Zhejiang Jingxing two new high-strength corrugated base paper projects, by 2005 there will be at least 1 million t gap, the current import volume of high-strength corrugated base paper is still growing.
At present, the supply of high strength corrugated base paper in China is insufficient, and the demand is large, the existing corrugated base paper supply system based on middle and low grade products can not meet the increasing requirements of users for product quality, so high strength corrugated base paper only relies heavily on imports. This situation is mainly due to the following three reasons: First, due to the low added value of corrugated base paper for a long time, the domestic production of packaging paperboard paper mills are generally optimistic about cow leather box board paper, white board paper and other high value-added products in large demand, resulting in plans for new expansion of corrugated base paper projects are not many. Second, the rapid development and improvement of domestic paper product packaging has driven the growth of domestic demand for high-strength corrugated base paper and cow leather box board paper. Third, the recent international market of corrugated base paper continues to be weak, and supply exceeds demand, while China's high-strength corrugated base paper market is in short supply.
From the perspective of market demand, it is a major trend for the domestic development of high-strength corrugated base paper to develop in the direction of low quantity, high strength and full specification. The demand for medium and high strength corrugated base paper is large, and the price of corrugated base paper will rise. At present, reducing cost and reducing quantity are the two major themes in the development of corrugated base paper.
Second, the development direction of corrugated cardboard
Corrugated board is made of face paper, inner paper, core paper and processed into corrugated core paper through bonding to form corrugated board, according to the requirements of commodity packaging, corrugated board can be processed into l layer, 3 layers, 5 layers, 7 layers, 9 layers and other corrugated board, after printing, slotting or die cutting to form a carton. In recent years, according to the needs of environmental protection and the requirements of relevant national policies, the commodity packaging of corrugated cartons has gradually replaced the trend of wooden boxes and plastic boxes.
