Recycled paper export report: October 2022

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India, Vietnam and Turkey drove an improvement in OCC exports in October, but mixed was getting most interest from Europe and India. But for news & pams it was a weaker month.

A total of 188,302 tonnes of OCC was exported in October, up from 158,739 tonnes in September. This made it the strongest month since June.

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Mixed was up to 127,240 tonnes in October, compared to 109,946 tonnes in the previous month. This was the best month for this grade since May.

But news & pams fell to 23,634 tonnes, down from September’s 30,701 tonnes.

OCC – Commodity code 470710

India was the No.1 destination for OCC exports in October reaching 41,653 tonnes, from 31,725 tonnes in September.

Vietnam grew to 39,274 tonnes from 31,372 tonnes in the previous month.

Turkey was also up significantly in October to 29,281 tonnes compared to just 12,015 in September. This was the best month since May for exports to Turkey.

Malaysia was relatively stable with 26,337 tonnes, down just a bit from September’s 26,780 tonnes.

Exports to the EU fell again and have dropped by almost a third between from July’s 57,090 tonnes to just 21,121 tonnes in October. This was down from 24,661 tonnes in September.

The Netherlands was barely changed with 7,955 tonnes just 20 tonnes lower than the previous month.

Germany dropped to 5,278 tonnes in October, compared to 6,773 tonnes the month before.

France was also down to 4,996 tonnes from September’s 5,984 tonnes.

Belgium lowered to 1,596 tonnes in October, after importing 1,903 tonnes in September.

Next after the EU was Indonesia which increased a touch in October to 16,812 tonnes, from September’s 16,229 tonnes.

Thailand fell to 11,945 tonnes, from 14,821 tonnes in September.

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

India continued to be the main buyer of mixed paper in October taking 48,732 tonnes, increasing from 35,666 tonnes in September.

After this was the entire EU with 30,711 tonnes, also up compared to September’s 25,260 tonnes. The Netherlands was by far the key destination here with 19,281 tonnes of this going via there, up from 13,999 tonnes in September. Germany took 7,990 tonnes (5,440 tonnes in September) and France 1,742 tonnes (1,683 tonnes in September).

Vietnam was next after the EU with 18,826 tonnes, up just a little on September’s 18,370 tonnes.

Indonesia also increased its imports from the UK in October with 13,624 tonnes heading there, up from 10,607 tonnes in the previous month.

But Thailand was down to 8,999 tonnes, compared to 10,599 tonnes in September.

Malaysia increased imports a little to 2,537 tonnes, from 2,125 in the preceding month.

Turkey brought in 2,033 tonnes from the UK, compared to 821 tonnes in September.

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

News & Pams – Commodity code 470730

The EU remained the premier destination for this grade, but it fell to 13,162 tonnes in October from 16,882 tonnes in September. 9,059 tonnes of this went to Germany, compared to 13,096 tonnes in the previous month. Exports to the Netherlands were hardly changed with 2,359 tonnes in October up from September’s 2,299 tonnes.

Exports to India from the UK also eased back to 8,909 tonnes compared to 10,698 tonnes a month earlier.

Turkey imported 1,360 tonnes, up from 1,213 tonnes in September.

Full historic data is available on Recycling Insights