Industry Statistics 2017

摘要

As reported last year,2016 was remarkably quiet,and 2017 followed a very similar vein.The reopening of Tawd Mill by Essity was a highlight,but the closure of PM2 at Stubbins meant that the year ended with very little change in total installed capacity.That said,the pie chart displayed overleaf describing the destinations of recovered fibre makes interesting reading,especially when compared to recent years.Exports of PfR to China had been on the rise for a decade,until their instigation of the National Sword regulations which banned imports of low grade waste.Exports to China dropped by 8% in 2017;data shows this slack to have been taken up by indigenous UK manufacturers(which is to be welcomed),India,Indonesia,Vietnam and the EU.