Russian Recycled Containerboard Producers Achieve Double Digit Growth

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Despite a limited supply of recovered paper in Russia, recycled containerboard production is outpacing virgin containerboard production, according to a new study by RISI, Boston, Mass., USA. During the past three years, recycled containerboard production grew 11.3% each year, while production of virgin containerboard grew 3.7%, RISI noted in the report titled Outlook for Russian Paper Packaging Markets.

"Double-digit production growth has resulted in Russian domestic Testliner 2 prices reaching 1.7 times their variable costs in the 2010-2012 period (see figure below). This is much higher than the 1.25 ratio experienced by the Western European recycled containerboard industry," said Orifjon Abidov, senior economist, Packaging Papers at RISI.

The Outlook for Russian Paper Packaging Markets provides an independent and thorough analysis of the sub-segments of the Russian packaging paper markets. It includes coverage of containerboard, cartonboard, wrapping, and specialty papers from 2002-2012 with forecasts through 2018. The study is designed to help readers understand the Russian paper packaging markets and the influences that will drive them.

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