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Imports of fully converted toilet paper continue to rise

02 April 2025

Convert to PDF Ready to use toilet paper imports lifted 19.0% year-ended January, valued at AUDFob165 million China supplied 56%, with Indonesia delivering 20% of the total by value The value of imports of tissue […]

Recovered paper exports are changing: that’s a good thing

26 March 2025

Convert to PDF 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 […]

As demand for printing and communication paper dwindles, the direction of shipments has changed

03 December 2024

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 […]

Asia’s Engineered Wood Products exports continue to climb

22 November 2024

Convert to PDF GEELONG, AUSTRALIA Exports of Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) from major Asia surged 58% year-ended August 2024, totalling USDFob243 million, according to new analysis from IndustryEdge. The big lift in EWP exports was […]

Where’s the cartonboard?

13 October 2024

Convert to PDF GEELONG, AUSTRALIA: Australia’s supplies of folding box board and other coated cartonboard grades are all imported, with a few major countries dominating. Based on trade declarations, Australia’s imports of raw cartonboard fell […]

Australian pulp consumption fell 10.1% in 2023-24. Here’s why

30 September 2024

Convert to PDF 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 […]

Softwood log exports spiked to 45 month high in July

27 September 2024

Convert to PDF GEELONG, AUSTRALIA Exports of softwood logs from Australia lifted to a 45-month high in July 2024,  screaming up to 265,657 m3 after the prior month saw a 36-month record of over 140,000 […]

Australia’s recovered paper use lifts to all-time high

22 September 2024

Convert to PDF 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 […]

How is NZ’s energy crisis impacting the pulp, paper and packaging industry?

01 September 2024

Convert to PDF 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 […]

Annual strategic reviews now under development: 33rd consecutive year

21 August 2024

Convert to PDF GEELONG, AUSTRALIA: In October 2024, IndustryEdge will publish the 33rd consecutive annual edition of the Pulp, Paper & Paper Products Strategic Reviews. The Reviews are essentially the largest annual mass balance of […]

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