Bharatbook.com : Worldwide Emerging Market Of Corrugated Boxes

 higher-performance, lighter board continue. In
World Corrugated Boxes Report ( ) includesaddition, recycled board will continue to capture
corrugated shipping boxes, custom shipping boxesmarket share at the expense of virgin kraft
and plastic corrugated boxes. And the importancelinerboard 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 throughbolstered by consumer, industry and regulatory
2013World demand for corrugated boxes ispressures for environmentally friendly products
forecast to increase 3.4 percent per year to 213and practices, rising virgin board prices and rapid
billion square meters in 2013, in line with realdemand growth in Asia, which is heavily reliant on
(inflation-adjusted) gains in GDP. Factorsrecycled liner and fluting.
contributing to rising box demand include growth inDeveloping regions to see fastest increases The
industrial activities, particularly the manufacturingfastest increases will occur in the world’s
sector, which often requires corrugated packagingdeveloping 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 andPacific region, Eastern Europe and the Africa
high-quality graphic board will allow corrugatedMideast region will all outpace the global average.
boxes to penetrate traditional folding cartonSome 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 alargest corrugated box market by 2013; and India,
point-of-sale display in retail applications will alsowhich 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 fromgreater investment in state-of-the-art
their environmentally friendly image, as well asmanufacturing equipment, resulting in improved
certain cost advantages compared to plasticsproduct quality. China will account for about half of
crates, which typically involve cleaning andthe increase in demand over the forecast period.
returning costs.Greater urbanization and industrialization, and
Recycled board to capture more marketexpanding international trade will support advances
shareGlobal containerboard demand growth willin these regions’ generally underdeveloped
trail box production as trends toward the use ofpackaging sectors.