| | | | | higher-performance, lighter board continue. In |
| World Corrugated Boxes Report ( ) includes | | | | addition, recycled board will continue to capture |
| corrugated shipping boxes, custom shipping boxes | | | | market share at the expense of virgin kraft |
| and plastic corrugated boxes. And the importance | | | | linerboard and semichemical corrugated medium |
| Of Corrugated Boxes In Transport Industry to | | | | (fluting), accounting for over 70 percent of board |
| protect The Transport goods. | | | | by 2013. Advances for recycled board will be |
| Global demand to grow 3.4% yearly through | | | | bolstered by consumer, industry and regulatory |
| 2013World demand for corrugated boxes is | | | | pressures for environmentally friendly products |
| forecast to increase 3.4 percent per year to 213 | | | | and practices, rising virgin board prices and rapid |
| billion square meters in 2013, in line with real | | | | demand growth in Asia, which is heavily reliant on |
| (inflation-adjusted) gains in GDP. Factors | | | | recycled liner and fluting. |
| contributing to rising box demand include growth in | | | | Developing regions to see fastest increases The |
| industrial activities, particularly the manufacturing | | | | fastest increases will occur in the world’s |
| sector, which often requires corrugated packaging | | | | developing regions, although growth rates will |
| to protect and transport goods. In addition, | | | | moderate from the 2003-2008 period. The Asia |
| ongoing developments in small flute and | | | | Pacific region, Eastern Europe and the Africa |
| high-quality graphic board will allow corrugated | | | | Mideast region will all outpace the global average. |
| boxes to penetrate traditional folding carton | | | | Some of the best gains are expected in China, |
| applications, especially in the developed world. | | | | which will surpass the US as the world’s |
| Greater interest in corrugated packaging as a | | | | largest corrugated box market by 2013; and India, |
| point-of-sale display in retail applications will also | | | | which will benefit from strong growth in industrial |
| boost demand for value-added corrugated boxes. | | | | output and consumer product markets, as well as |
| Additionally, corrugated boxes will benefit from | | | | greater investment in state-of-the-art |
| their environmentally friendly image, as well as | | | | manufacturing equipment, resulting in improved |
| certain cost advantages compared to plastics | | | | product quality. China will account for about half of |
| crates, which typically involve cleaning and | | | | the increase in demand over the forecast period. |
| returning costs. | | | | Greater urbanization and industrialization, and |
| Recycled board to capture more market | | | | expanding international trade will support advances |
| shareGlobal containerboard demand growth will | | | | in these regions’ generally underdeveloped |
| trail box production as trends toward the use of | | | | packaging sectors. |