Coated printing paper market demand declines and industry growth momentum is weak

Coated printing paper, referred to as coated paper, refers to the general name of printing paper after the base paper is coated and decorated with coatings composed of pigments, sizing materials, etc. Coating fluid is a key raw material that affects the quality of coated printing paper. It is mainly composed of pigments, adhesives, tackifiers, fluorescent agents, lubricants and other solvents. Common pigments include titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, kaolin, etc. Common adhesives include Polyvinyl alcohol, latex, modified starch, etc.

Coated printing paper belongs to mid-to-high-end cultural printing paper. It has the advantages of good uniformity, good smoothness, high whiteness, and high gloss. It can be used to print magazines, albums, pictorials, trademarks, illustrations and other products. The downstream involves printing, Packaging, advertising, publishing and other fields. According to the amount of coating liquid, coated printing paper can be divided into coated paper, coated paper, lightweight coated paper, and micro-coated printing paper. Among them, coated paper is the most important coated printing paper, and its output accounts for about 10% of coated paper. About 90% of the total output of cloth printing paper.

According to the “2022-2026 China Coated Printing Paper Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Trend Forecast Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that my country is a major paper-making country in the world. Coated printing paper is one of the main products, and the industry’s production scale is also large. According to data from the China Paper Association, in 2021, the output of my country’s coated printing paper industry reached 6.35 million tons, and the consumption was 5.83 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%. Against the background of increasing penetration of smart terminals and increasing proportion of digital reading, the market demand for printing paper has declined, resulting in slow growth of the coated printing paper market, and the possibility of significant growth in industry output in the future is small.

From the perspective of the import and export market, my country’s coated printing paper import and export market is in a state of trade surplus. According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, in 2021, my country’s coated printing paper import volume will be 440,000 tons, and the export volume will be 960,000 tons. Coated paper is the mainstream coated printing paper. In 2021, the export volume of coated paper accounted for approximately 58.3% of the total export volume of coated printing paper.

Globally, coated printing paper production capacity is mainly distributed in China, Japan, the United States, Germany, Finland and other regions. my country is the world’s largest producer of coated printing paper. In recent years, under the background of increasingly strict environmental protection supervision, the coated printing paper industry has achieved rapid energy conservation and emission reduction, and backward production capacity has accelerated its withdrawal from the market. The coated printing paper market has begun to shift towards a large-scale, high-tech, environmentally friendly production, and excellent product quality. Excellent enterprises gather.

Industry analysts said that coated printing paper is widely used in advertising, publishing, packaging, printing and other fields. In recent years, it has been affected by digital Due to the impact of reading, the market demand for coated printing paper has declined, the industry’s growth momentum is not strong, and the market has shown a slight downward trend. my country is the world’s largest producer of coated printing paper. As environmental protection supervision becomes stricter and the supply-side structural reform deepens, the market concentration of coated printing paper will continue to increase.