China's import ban offers new business opportunities for Europe's paper recyclers Capacity boost on the way

摘要

During 2017,China imported around 30 million tonnes of recovered paper.Two years later,this volume has shrunk to seven million tonnes as a result of the country's scrap import ban.China's ever-stricter policies have led to a situation where its paper producers are increasingly confronted with shortages of recovered paper.’Mills are forced to cut back on their production drastically,while the Chinese manufacturing industry urgently needs paper packaging and now imports more finished goods,’Werner Steingass,vice president of the German recycling industry body BVSE told the International Recovered Paper Conference in Dusseldorf.’At the same time,machines in neighbouring countries are in full swing and Chinese paper producers are building new plants outside China.’