Recycling export report: paper (May 2018)

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Overall OCC and mixed paper export figures from the latest official figures from HMRC export data were up from May, with more countries purchasing more from the previous month.

News and pam decreased.

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OCC – commodity code 470710

Globally 216,244 tonnes of OCC were exported in May 2018, up from 178,691 tonnes in April. However, this is less than May 2017 which was 222,653 tonnes exported globally.

Exports to Europe in May 2018 were7,708 tonnes down from 8,016 tonnes in April. However, this was up from 5,456 tonnes in May 2017.

In May 2018, the UK exported just 127,823 tonnes to China up from a very low 114,351 tonnes a month earlier. This was down significantly from May 2017 when 181,070 tonnes was exported.

Exports to Vietnam increased to 17,778 tonnes in May from the low 6,674 tonnes in April. However, it was an increase from 14,451 tonnes in May 2017.

After the sharp drop in April from the record month in March, India increased its purchasing to 34,417 tonnes in May from 26,155 tonnes in April 2018. This is a significant increase from the previous year when the UK exported 14,406 tonnes to India in May 2017.

The UK continued to export less to Indonesia as 3,760 tonnes of OCC was exported to Indonesia in May 2018. This was a fall from 6,143 tonnes in April. However, this is still an increase from the 818 tonnes exported in May 2017.

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 

Globally Mixed paper export increased this month, as 113,678 tonnes were exported in May 2018 compared to 99,570 tonnes in April 2018.

The UK exported 20,530 tonnes to China in May 2018 which is an increase on April 2018’s figure of 12,467 tonnes. This remains interesting as supposedly mixed paper exports to China have been banned since the beginning of the year.

Exports to India fell to 31,540 tonnes in May 2018 from 43,863 tonnes in April 2018. This shows that India has calmed its interest in mixed paper after the high number shown in March when they received 62,252 tonnes.

The UK has not exported as much mixed paper to Indonesia as it did in April. In May Indonesia took 8,371 tonnes of mixed paper, a sharp drop of around half from April when it received 16,487 tonnes.

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- commodity code 470730 

The UK exported a total of 40,886 tonnes in May 2018 a decrease from the 42,664 tonnes exported in April.

China has overtaken India as the dominant buyer of news and pam with 17,523 tonnes being exported in May compared to 7,804 tonnes in April. This is the highest amount China has received this year.

While China increased their amount, India had a sharp decrease from 14,271 tonnes in April to 8,586 tonnes in May.

Indonesia has also hit its lowest number of purchasing this year as it only received 1,655 tonnes in May compared to 8,301 tonnes in April. In March, Indonesia imported 2,073 tonnes, which had been the previous lowest total of 2018 so far.

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

Mixed paper historic data – all destinations

Mixed paper 2018

Mixed paper 2017

N&P historic data – all destinations

N&P 2018

N&P 2017

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