Despite the obstacles presented by the pandemic, most mills ran without disruption in 2020, with some operating at reduced speed due to lower levels of demand. The pandemic accelerated the structural decline of graph- ic grades, with overall output falling by 19 percent, likely due to decreased demand from publishers, offices and com- mercial printing. However, the production of packaging paper and board as well as sanitary and household paper rose by 2.1 percent and 3.1 percent respectively in 2020, with specialty paper and board production remaining stable. Acceleration In E-Commerce These categories benefited from the acceleration of e-com- merce in the wake of the pandemic, with packaging paper and board being essential materials in the transportation and delivery of supplies such as medicine or food. Demand for sanitary and household grades also benefited from higher hygiene requirements during the pandemic. Net exports experienced a minor decrease, but still re- mained fairly stable. Market pulp exports grew by 2.8 per- cent, whilst paper and board exports decreased by 3.1 percent, a lower extent than production and imports (-4.5 percent). Combining market pulp and paper and board grades, CE- PI’s share of production going for export reached 26 per- cent in 2020. Overcoming Adversity Despite the pandemic’s impact on the availability and quality of paper for recycling throughout 2020, the Europe- an recycling rate increased by 1.4 percentage points, reach- ing 73.9 percent. This marks an increase of 40 percent, or 16 million tons, since 1998, the base year for the first voluntary commitment set in the European Declaration on Paper Recycling. CO2 direct emissions from the European paper industry also declined by 7.1 percent in 2020, largely due to reduced activity,but also efforts made by the industry to decarbonise. In November of last year, CEPI announced its decarboni- sation manifesto for the paper sector, with a headline target of 2030. The plan included three main areas for decarbonisation: product substitution, bio-based product markets, and sus- tainable forest management.This followed the 2019 forma- tion of ‘4evergreen’, an industry alliance set up by CEPI to drive the use of fibre-based packaging. Road Ahead Looking ahead, CEPI expects the demand for paper and board to benefit from the economic rebound forecast for 2021.The EU economy is estimated to grow by 4.2 percent this year, and to strengthen to around 4.4 percent in 2022, according to the European Commission. As of the end of April 2021, the production of paper and board in CEPI countries increased by 1 percent over the same period of the previous year. European Paper Industry (Cont’d from Page 1)
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