Consumables

Double digit growth in Russian recycled containerboard production

Thursday 28. November 2013 - Russia achieves higher profits compared with Western European market after increasing its usage of recycled containerboard over the last 4 years.

Despite a limited supply of recovered paper in Russia, recycled containerboard production is outpacing virgin containerboard production. Over the last 3 years recycled containerboard production grew 11.3% each year, while production of virgin containerboard grew 3.7%. These findings were published today in a new study by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry.
“Double-digit production growth has resulted in Russian domestic Testliner 2 prices reaching 1.7 times their variable costs in the 2010-2012 period. This is much higher than the 1.25 ratio experienced by the Western European recycled containerboard industry,” said Orifjon Abidov, Senior Economist, Packaging Papers at RISI.
The Outlook for Russian Paper Packaging Markets provides an independent and thorough analysis of the sub-segments of the Russian packaging paper markets. It includes coverage of containerboard, cartonboard, wrapping and specialty papers from 2002-2012 with forecasts through 2018. The study will help you understand the Russian paper packaging markets and the influences that will drive them.
Included in the Outlook for Russian Paper Packaging Markets:
Overview of paper packaging demand by region in Russia
Analysis of real and gross market share of producers in Russian containerboard, cartonboard and sack and wrapping paper grades
Technical comparison of containerboard machines with corrugator specifications
Analysis of brown testliner and brown kraftliner manufacturing costs
Containerboard price development in Russian regions
Forecast of demand, supply, exports & imports, for the Russian containerboard, cartonboard and wrapping papers industries