Recycling export report: paper (February 2018)

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The biggest surprise in February’s export data of paper grades from the UK is the huge slump in exports to Vietnam for OCC.

But India saw a big jump in exports of OCC and mixed paper as China reported a low total, although there are factors behind that too.

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OCC – commodity code 470710

A total of 166,462 tonnes of OCC was exported from the UK in February 2018, down considerably from 209,180 tonnes in February 2017, and massively on the admittedly strong 242,943 tonnes sent abroad in January 2018.

Exports to China slumped to just 104,349 tonnes in February compared to 130,276 tonnes in January and 184,279 tonnes in February 2017. This can be partly explained by the timing of Chinese New Year, but is mostly down to the tougher import inspections and restrictions on import quotas leading to weaker demand.

After having its best month ever since we started collecting data in 2012, India surpassed it in February taking 42,309 tonnes up on January’s previous monthly record of 33,382 tonnes. For comparison sake, exports to India were just 4,574 tonnes in February 2017.

Europe as a whole was the next best destination with 8,987 tonnes, up from 6,410 in January. With 3,807 tonnes, the Netherlands was the premier destination, followed by Germany with 2,537 tonnes and France with 1,972 tonnes.

But the biggest surprise of the month was Vietnam, taking just 4,813 tonnes. This was down from the previous month’s 55,726 tonnes and was the lowest monthly total since June 2017. Since September, at least 20,000 tonnes has gone to Vietnam, so this represents a sudden and surprising reversal of that pattern.

OCC key destinations (47071000)

wdt_ID Date China Vietnam India Indonesia EU
1 01/12/2017 169,797,238 34,109,420 8,423,207 6,773,072 6,969,379
2 01/11/2017 141,195,914 24,491,024 13,601,647 8,683,621 6,358,291
3 01/10/2017 92,401,545 50,490,531 11,873,555 12,380,518 13,695,821
4 01/09/2017 220,831,969 22,871,385 12,628,455 3,961,079 8,304,184
5 01/08/2017 117,351,874 16,737,793 9,619,311 3,816,526 9,572,395
6 01/07/2017 145,445,005 7,086,910 5,253,257 2,246,658 7,136,389
7 01/06/2017 233,535,331 4,335,207 7,572,675 135,975 14,069,860
8 01/05/2017 181,070,651 14,451,740 14,406,892 818,736 5,455,701
9 01/04/2017 210,157,209 17,300,095 19,477,521 13,606,232 8,853,811
10 01/03/2017 232,512,036 10,464,640 10,429,028 8,800,361 3,825,716

Mixed paper – commodity code 470790

This grade is supposed to be banned by the Chinese for import, yet supposedly 16,615 tonnes of this grade was exported there in February, down from 19,743 tonnes in January, according to the HMRC data. How to explain that one?

Exports to India were vast in February at 37,931 tonnes, up from 26,605 tonnes in January.

As a whole, the EU imported 23,951 tonnes of mixed in February, up from 22,555 tonnes in January.

Exports to Indonesia fell to 14,731 tonnes in February from 18,178 tonnes a month earlier.

While Vietnam took slightly more than the previous month with 6,738 tonnes imported in February from 5,635 in January.

Mixed paper key destinations (47079010)

wdt_ID Date China Vietnam India Indonesia EU total
1 01/12/2017 22,529,805 5,767,421 16,168,213 28,701,760 15,069,808
2 01/11/2017 21,525,899 6,776,878 21,513,241 32,511,340 19,241,687
3 01/10/2017 9,593,975 4,340,760 14,774,368 54,498,670 24,596,269
4 01/09/2017 37,134,676 3,672,400 5,658,543 17,281,140 27,499,171
5 01/01/2018 19,743,449 5,635,360 26,605,749 18,178,619 22,555,181
6 01/02/2018 16,615,169 6,738,460 37,931,747 14,731,060 23,951,039
7 01/03/2018 9,506,604 3,401,120 62,254,124 18,293,150 30,951,364
8 01/04/2018 12,467,300 6,865,830 43,863,425 16,487,850 32,221,347
9 01/05/2018 20,530,708 7,271,480 31,540,048 8,371,720 31,144,679
10 01/06/2018 17,873,411 4,860,900 21,463,876 23,196,375 29,530,427

N&P key destinations (470730)

China continued to be the main destination for news & pam in February with exports from the UK totaling 8,068 tonnes down from 8,524 tonnes in February.

Dispatches of this grade to the EU were pretty much stable at 6,653 tonnes, down just a touch from January’s 6,699 tonnes.

Indian exports fell though to 6,475 tonnes, down from 7,465 tonnes in January. This could also be a reflection of the fact that a huge amount of mixed paper was exported there in February, so some of the N&P content could have been extracted.

Indonesia improved in February to 3,724 tonnes, from 2,193 tonnes in January.

Hong Kong took just 1,397 tonnes, lower than January’s 1,958 tonnes.

N&P key destinations (470730)

wdt_ID Date China Hong Kong India Indonesia EU total
1 01/12/2017 4,109,684 2,891,240 5,750,650 1,196,290 7,208,623
2 01/11/2017 22,701,293 854,064 6,427,402 2,439,980 6,360,676
3 01/10/2017 9,878,248 2,237,977 4,495,196 4,133,030 7,631,169
4 01/09/2017 10,441,460 593,225 1,422,481 2,950,660 7,715,215
5 01/01/2018 8,524,061 1,958,580 7,465,626 2,193,538 6,699,157
6 01/02/2018 8,068,680 1,397,100 6,475,890 3,724,600 6,653,235
7 01/03/2018 7,895,400 2,116,520 16,849,145 2,073,660 6,505,887
8 01/04/2018 7,804,741 2,645,300 14,271,690 8,301,805 6,904,991
9 01/05/2018 17,523,240 303,650 8,586,135 1,655,540 7,265,323
10 01/06/2018 13,436,260 3,619,580 5,707,480 2,799,660 2,028,904

OCC historic data – all destinations

OCC exports 2018

OCC exports 2017

OCC exports 2016

OCC exports 2015

OCC exports 2014

OCC exports 2013

OCC exports 2012

 

 

 

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