Your essential guide to navigating Australasia’s pulp, paper, and packaging markets IndustryEdge is proud to present the 34th annual edition of the Pulp, Paper & Paper Products Strategic Reviews—the most comprehensive and trusted resource for […]
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA: Faced by continuing change in packaging and industrial paper markets, the latest data and analysis for Australia reveals some intriguing trends and shifts. This update focuses on the performance of various packaging grades, […]
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA Australia’s estimated total tissue and tissue products consumption was about 470.0 kt in 2023-24 Imports of tissue stock for local conversion lifted just 0.1% over the year-ended February to total 108.0 kt In […]
In 2024, Australia’s paper and paperboard trade deficit with the USA was AUD36 million 2024 exports to the USA were AUD139.7 million 2024 imports from the USA were AUD175.8 million The announcement by the US […]
Recovered paper exports rose 4.6% year-ended January 2025 Export values lifted 17.2% to AUD 243.3 million Recent months have seen export patterns change with more OCC and less Unsorted grades being exported Australia’s exports of […]
ing and Communication papers declined an average 10.1% over the decade ended June 2024. Total consumption has fallen by almost two-thirds or around 1.0 million tonnes, as the chart below […]
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA Total consumption of virgin fibre pulp in Australia fell 10.1% in 2023-24, deteriorating to a four-decade low of 1.404 million tonnes. Reduced pulp production was joined by lower imports, the latter at a […]
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA: Paperboard producers in Australia lifted their use of recovered paper to an all-time high in 2023-24. Local producers used 1.879 million tonnes of recovered paper for the year, a lift of 8.2% or […]
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA New Zealand’s pulp and paper industry has lost a pulp mill – and could lose another – to an energy crisis that shows little signs of abating. The Winstone Pulp International (WPI) pulp […]
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA: Compared to a year ago, Australia’s imports of packaging papers and paperboard (around 240,000 tonnes) were around 6.6% cheaper on average, measured in Australian dollars. In US dollars, the same index to the […]