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Waste paper imports incline to leading paper enterprises, and the cost advantage is further expanded

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core tips: [China Packaging News] China's waste paper import control is becoming stricter, and the approval quota of waste paper in 2018 is 37.4% lower than that in 2017. Waste paper imports are significantly inclined to leading enterprises, and the dragon that obtains import quotas

[China Packaging News] China's waste paper import control is becoming stricter, In 2018, the amount of waste paper approval decreased by 37.4% compared with 2017. Waste paper imports were significantly tilted to leading enterprises, and the cost advantage of leading enterprises that obtained import quotas was further expanded. According to the analysis of insiders, small and medium-sized paper mills withdrew from the competition due to cost pressure in the short term, and small and medium-sized paper mills were further eliminated in the long term

the import control of waste paper is becoming stricter. In 2018, in view of the current market trend, the amount of waste paper approval decreased by 37.4% compared with 2017.

since 2017, China's waste paper import related policies have been introduced in succession, and the import control of waste paper is becoming stricter. In December 2017, the Ministry of environmental protection issued the regulations on the administration of environmental protection of imported waste paper and the regulations on the administration of environmental protection of imported solid waste that can be used as raw materials to regulate the import of waste paper

compared with the old regulations, the restrictions on the import of waste paper are more stringent:

(1) paper enterprises with more than 50000 tons are limited to apply for the quota of foreign waste

(2) cancel the qualification of waste paper traders to import foreign waste, which will be implemented from the date of publication

on December 29, 2017, the Ministry of environmental protection issued the environmental protection control standard for imported solid waste that can be used as raw materials - waste paper or paperboard. Compared with the then implemented version, the biggest change is to reduce the impurity content of imported waste paper from 1.5% to 0.5%. And it is determined that it will be implemented from March 1, 2018

due to the high attention paid by the leadership of the Party Central Committee to the import of foreign garbage, the environmental protection law enforcement has become increasingly strict, and the approval of the total amount of imported waste paper approval has become increasingly strict, rapidly reducing from 53.47 million tons in 2015 to 27.13 million tons in 2017

according to statistics, the total amount of waste paper approval in the first 22 years of 2018 was 17.5811 million tons, down 37.4% from the target of "2" in 2017

waste paper imports are inclined to leading enterprises, and the cost advantage is further expanded. Small and medium-sized paper mills can only be eliminated.

from the list of 77 enterprises in 22 batches approved for import in 2018, it can be seen that waste paper imports are obviously inclined to leading enterprises

according to insiders, as Cui Lixin said that overseas countries are highly dependent on China's imported waste paper, driven by the weakening demand, the price of some substandard waste paper fell. At the same time, because the domestic waste is mainly formed by the box board corrugated paper produced by waste paper, but the foreign waste is mostly formed by the box board corrugated paper produced by primary wood pulp, the content of domestic waste fiber is significantly lower than that of foreign waste fiber. In the case of a high proportion of national waste, it is necessary to add original paper, such as blood bags and other medical supplies pulp, to improve the quality of the original paper, and the cost is higher. Therefore, the cost advantage of leading enterprises that obtain import quotas is further expanded

specifically, although the total import quota of leading papermaking enterprises has also shown a downward trend since 2018, the proportion of import quotas of leading enterprises in the total national quota has increased significantly

according to statistics, in the first half of 2018, the quota of the top three enterprises (nine dragons, Levin and Shanying) increased from 47.0% in 2016 to 49.1% in 2017 and 56.7% in 2018, and the proportion of the top ten enterprises increased from 65.4% in 2016 to 87.6%. The number of enterprises that have received quotas has decreased from 160 to 77 at present

industry insiders believe that small and medium-sized paper mills withdraw from competition due to cost pressure in the short term. The introduction of long-term leading new production capacity has occupied the national waste recycling channels of small and medium-sized paper mills, and small and medium-sized paper mills have been further eliminated

therefore, the sharp decline in import approval will directly benefit leading enterprises, which is conducive to improving industry concentration