Research and Markets: China's Paper Industry Report 2008 Highlights How Output Has...

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Research and Markets: China's Paper Industry Report 2008 Highlights How Output Has Increased 18.07 Per Cent Year-on-Year

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c5cd4a/chinas_paper_indu)
has announced the addition of the "China's Paper Industry Report 2008"
report to their offering.

   In 2007 the total amount of machine-made paper and paperboard
output in China was 77.87 million tons, which has increased 18.07 per
cent year-on year; the output value of machine-made paper and
paperboard was 353.9 billion yuan, up 23.6 per cent year-on-year; the
output value of pulp was 17.6 billion yuan, increased 19.5% per cent
year-on-year. Paper and paperboard import was 4.02 million tons, down
8.97 per cent year-on-year, and the value of import was 3.61 billion
US dollars, an increase of 0.09 per cent year-on-year; paper and
paperboard export was 4.76 million tons, up 33.2 per cent
year-on-year, the value of export was 3.93 billion yuan, an increase
of 32.0 % per cent year-on-year; Pulp import was 8.472 million tons,
an increase of 6.46 per cent year-on-year, the total amount of import
5.55 billion US dollars.

   In 2008, in terms of the demands of different kinds of papers;
price of culture paper will continue to soar for it's in short supply;
white cardboard supply will keep steadily, and the marketing demands
will be more higher than expected growth, prices will expect continue
to rise; coated paper supply and demand are basically in balance,
furthermore, after the United States abolish anti-sanctions, the
coated paper market's outlook will be more bright and the coated paper
prices will rise; the oversupply of cardboard paper market has been
formed, the cardboard paper market will be shuffling aggravated;
newsprint market will face the capacity expansion pressure, the price
of rising will be relatively limited.

   Key Topics Covered:

   1. Change in the structure of supply and demand, paper prices is
expected to rise continuously

   1.1. Demand: consumption demands is the main element of the growth
of development in the paper industry

   1.1.1. Review and analysis of paper industry

   1.1.2. The forecast of: paper and paperboard demand in 2008 and
2009.

   1.2. Supply: the new additional capacities will be relatively
small in 2008

   1.2.1. Government new environment policy will eliminate backward
equipments and raising the new entrance level

   1.2.2. The forecast of: paper and paperboard production in 2008
and 2009

   1.2.3. Demand of overseas will have significant increase

   1.3. Paper prices is expected to continue to rise

   1.3.1. Price of Culture paper - the direct beneficiaries of
Environmental policy will continue to rise

   1.3.2. White cardboard market will continue growth steadily

   1.3.3. Coated paper market will be stopped falling.

   1.3.4. Cardboard production has increased rapidly and the gap
between supply and demand will be narrowed

   1.3.5. The capacity of Newsprint has expanded largely and the
gross margin will remain stability

   2. Paper production costs will maintain stability

   2.1. Status quo of raw materials in China domestic market

   2.2. The price of International pulp and waste paper

   2.2.1. The price of global pulp will be slightly down

   2.2.2. Waste paper prices will continue to rise

   2.3. The appreciation of RMB will benefit the paper industry'
Export

   3. The industry profits will continue to growth in 2008 and 2009

   3.1. The production cost will reduce

   3.2 Profit will continue growth

   4. Analysis of the Performance of major listed companies

   4.1. Major listed companies net profit

   4.2. Major listed companies profitability

   5. Analysis key manufactories

   5.1. Shandong Bohui Paper

   5.2. Shandong Huatai Paper

   Charts

   Companies Mentioned:

   - Shandong Bohui Paper

   - Shandong Huatai Paper

   For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c5cd4a/chinas_paper_indu

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager
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