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"In 2007, China had 3500-4000 legal paper-making enterprises with a total production of 73.5 million tons, increased by 13.08% as compared with 65 million tons in 2006. Consumption reached 72.9 million tons, a 10.45% increment over the last year’s 66 million tons, annual consumption was 55 kilograms per capita, increased by 5 kilograms.

Chart Production and consumption of paper and cardboard in China, 2000-2007


Production increased by 140.98% from 2000 to 2007, and consumption 103.92%. Production and consumption of paper and cardboard increased by 13.39% and 10.72% respectively, 2000-2007, surpassing China’s GDP annual growth rate of the same period.
According to the production and consumption of 2007, both kept continuous growth all the year round, however, growth rate of production weakened. A larger increase of production can be seen in those products such as newsprint, coated paper, household paper, coated white board, boxboard and corrugated paper. And newsprint, copperplate paper, boxboard as well as corrugated paper have a larger increase in consumption.

China is now having a very good opportunity of developing its paper-making industry. There are two reasons. One is that China’s potential market is quite big due to per capita paper consumption in China is far lower than that of developed countries. The other is that the continuous appreciation of RMB leads to the reduction of cost in paper-making industry. China has become the most potential market of paper-making industry in the world. It is estimated that the production of paper products will add up to 82.44 million tons in 2008, and this figure will grow to 91.35 million tons in 2009, by 2010. It will be over 100 million tons.
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