Bamboo pulp paper refers to paper produced by using bamboo pulp alone or in a reasonable ratio with wood pulp and straw pulp, through papermaking processes such as cooking and bleaching, which has greater environmental advantages than wood pulp paper. Under the background of price fluctuations in the current international wood pulp market and the high degree of environmental pollution caused by wood pulp paper, bamboo pulp paper, as the best substitute for wood pulp paper, has been widely used in the market.
The upstream of the bamboo pulp paper industry is mainly in the fields of bamboo planting and bamboo pulp supply. Globally, the area of bamboo forests has increased at an average rate of about 3% per year, and has now grown to 22 million hectares, accounting for about 1% of the global forest area, mainly concentrated in tropical and subtropical areas, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean and Pacific Islands. Among them, the Asia-Pacific region is the world's largest bamboo planting area, involving countries such as China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, and Indonesia. Against this background, the bamboo pulp production in the Asia-Pacific region also ranks first in the world, which provides sufficient production raw materials for the bamboo pulp paper industry in the region.
The United States is the world's largest economy and the world's leading bamboo pulp paper consumer market. In the late stage of the epidemic, the U.S. economy showed obvious signs of recovery. According to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in 2022, the total GDP of the United States reached 25.47 trillion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%, and the per capita GDP also increased to 76,000 U.S. dollars. Thanks to the gradually improving domestic market economy, the increasing income of residents, and the promotion of national environmental protection policies, the consumer demand for bamboo pulp paper in the U.S. market has also increased, and the industry has a good development momentum.
The "2023 U.S. Bamboo Pulp and Paper Industry Market Status and Overseas Enterprise Entry Feasibility Study Report" released by the Xinshijie Industry Research Center shows that, from the supply perspective, due to the limitations of climate and terrain conditions, the bamboo planting area in the United States is very small, only about ten acres, and the domestic bamboo pulp production is relatively small, far from meeting the market demand for bamboo pulp and bamboo pulp paper and other products. Against this background, the U.S. market has a strong demand for imported bamboo pulp paper, and China is its main source of imports. According to statistics and data released by the General Administration of Customs of China, in 2022, China's bamboo pulp paper exports will be 6,471.4 tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.7%; among them, the amount of bamboo pulp paper exported to the United States is 4,702.1 tons, accounting for about 72.7% of China's total bamboo pulp paper exports. The United States has become the largest export destination for Chinese bamboo pulp paper.
Xin Shijie's US market analyst said that bamboo pulp paper has obvious environmental advantages. Under the current background of "carbon neutrality" and "carbon peak", environmentally friendly industries have great development potential, and the investment prospects of the bamboo pulp paper market are good. Among them, the United States is the world's major bamboo pulp paper consumer market, but due to insufficient supply of upstream bamboo pulp raw materials, the domestic market demand is highly dependent on overseas markets, and China is its main source of imports. Chinese bamboo pulp paper companies have great opportunities to enter the US market in the future.
Post time: Sep-29-2024
