Paper And Plastics Exports To China Drop Again In 2020
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2020
According to a report on resource-recycling.com , re- covered paper shipments from the U.S. to China slowed immensely in 2020, newly released figures show. Mean- while, scrap plastic exports decreased during the year, but shipments to certain countries grew sharply. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released trade data for December 2020, allowing for a full-year analysis of recovered commodity exports. Recovered fiber exports totaled 15.9 million short tons in 2020, down from 18.3 million short tons the prior year. That’s the lowest volume exported since 2003. It’s also down 27 percent from 2016, before China and other countries announced significant import restrictions on recovered commodities. China bought the bulk of U.S. recovered fiber in 2020, importing 4.8 million short tons; however, that’s an 18 percent decrease from the 5.9 million short tons China brought in during the previous year. December 2020 represented by far the lowest total for monthly recovered fiber shipments to China on record, and November was the second-lowest. Monthly shipments to China hit a peak in December 2007, when they totaled 1.9 million short tons. The December 2020 volume is just two percent of that peak. The Chinese government reduced its import permit approvals as 2020 progressed.
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
34.916 31.332
11.4
8.729 7.833
11.4
Industry Total
Year-to Date
December 2020
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2020 2019
406.776 393.483
3.4
8.071 7.838
3.0
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2020 2019
2.7727 2.5660
8.1
33.0739 32.3005
2.4
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Dec. Nov.
1.8921 1.7912
5.6
2.7 2.5
8.0
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2020 2019
20 20
252 251
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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