Shandong Paper Industry: Total Output of 19 Million Tonnes and Sales Revenue of 130 Billion Yuan

According to the Shandong Paper Industry Association's survey of key enterprises and comprehensive aggregation and analysis, in 2020 the output and economic benefits of Shandong Province's paper industry grew simultaneously.

(1) Main economic indicators. In 2020, the sales revenue of Shandong's paper industry was RMB 136 billion, up 2.26% year on year, accounting for 18.93% of the national (statistical basis) paper industry sales revenue; total profits and taxes were RMB 11.7 billion, up 10.38% year on year; and total profit was RMB 7.6 billion, up 15.15% year on year, accounting for 16.61% of the national (statistical basis) total profit.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the whole industry's sales revenue grew 12.40%, with an average annual growth rate of 2.36%, lower than the province's average annual growth rate of 3.82% during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, achieving steady growth.

(2) Pulp output. Shandong's papermaking pulp output was 6.34 million t, an increase of 1.28 million t over the previous year, up 25.30% year on year, accounting for 31.46% of the national total (4.2 percentage points higher than the previous year), of which:

straw pulp 160,000 t, an increase of 10,000 t over the previous year, up 6.67% year on year, accounting for 13.68% of the national total output of the same variety (3.77 percentage points higher than the previous year);

wood pulp 6.18 million t, an increase of 1.27 million t over the previous year, up 25.86% year on year, accounting for 41.48% of the national wood pulp output (2.76 percentage points higher than the previous year). Among the wood pulp output: chemical wood pulp 3.63 million t, an increase of 940,000 t over the previous year, up 34.94% year on year; chemi-mechanical pulp 2.55 million t, an increase of 330,000 t over the previous year, up 14.86% year on year.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Shandong's papermaking wood pulp output grew from 4.05 million t to 6.18 million t, a rise of 52.59%, with an average annual growth of 8.82%, higher than the 7.66% average annual growth during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, achieving sustained medium-to-high-speed development.

(3) Paper and paperboard output. Shandong's paper and paperboard output was 19.2 million t, an increase of 900,000 t over the previous year, up 4.92% year on year, accounting for 17.05% of the national (industry basis) paper and paperboard output, a slight rise in share.

Output of main paper and paperboard varieties:

newsprint 430,000 t, an increase of 200,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 39.09% of the national total;

uncoated printing and writing paper 3.7 million t, a decrease of 100,000 t over the previous year; of which: light-weight printing paper 1.02 million t, a decrease of 30,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 21.39% of the national total;

coated printing paper 2.25 million t, an increase of 100,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 35.16% of the national total; of which: art (copperplate) paper 2.17 million t, an increase of 110,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 36.17% of the national total;

household paper 950,000 t, a decrease of 30,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 8.80% of the national total;

specialty paper and tissue paper 920,000 t, a decrease of 50,000 t over the previous year;

white paperboard 4.05 million t, an increase of 300,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 27.18% of the national total. Of which coated white paperboard 3.65 million t, an increase of 300,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 25.9% of the national total; uncoated white paperboard 400,000 t. Among the coated white paperboard, coated white card 2.8 million t, an increase of 280,000 t over the previous year; coated white paperboard 250,000 t, unchanged from the previous year; coated white-top kraft linerboard 600,000 t, an increase of 20,000 t over the previous year.

packaging paperboard 5.05 million t, an increase of 100,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 10.46% of the national total, of which: containerboard 2.45 million t, an increase of 150,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 10.04% of the national total; corrugating medium 2.6 million t, a decrease of 50,000 t over the previous year, accounting for 10.88% of the national total. Other paper and paperboard 1.85 million t.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Shandong's paper and paperboard output grew 7.87%, with an average annual growth of 1.53%, lower than the 3.34% average annual growth during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, achieving sustained and steady growth.

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