As import policies in Asia have undergone their stunning transformation over the past year, the paper recycling sector in the U.S. has been hit hard. In the first three quarters of 2018, U.S. exporters sent 6.11 million short tons of recovered fiber to China, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's 37 percent less than the 9.76 million tons the U.S. sent China during the same period in 2017. And the 2017 figures were already a decrease from the 10.77 million tons China imported in the first three quarters of 2016.
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