Feeding the paper dragon.As the manufacturing sector continues to boom in China, record amounts of recovered fiber are being exported there to help produce boxboard box·board n. A firm cardboard used for making boxes. and other paper. A presentation by Ranjit Baxi of J&H Sales International Ltd., London, at the Paper Division meeting of the Spring 2006 Bureau of International Recycling (BIR BIR British Institute of Radiology BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue BIR Bureau of International Recycling BIR Baculovirus IAP Repeat BIR Biomedical Imaging Resource BIR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (US State Department) ) Convention detailed the jostling for Chinese scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → market share that is taking place. In 2005, Western European shippers picked up an additional 5 percent of market share, gained at the expense of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. exporters. But North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. remained the number one exporter of recovered fiber to China, with its nearly 7.5 million metric tons representing 44 percent of the market. But last year, Europe sent nearly 5 million metric tons to China, for 27 percent share, up significantly compared to the 2.7 million metric tons it shipped in 2004. Japan and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. have held steady with a combined 23 percent market share, but the overall growth of Chinese demand still meant that an additional 1 million metric tons flowed from there. According to Baxi's figures, so far in 2006 North American shippers have regained some market in what is proving to be yet another record year for paper making in China. Exporters to India may need to pay attention to new maximum container weights being issued by authorities in the Mumbai area, who are responding to damaged roads caused by heavy trucks leaving the port area, Baxi says. More good news for recyclers and exporters is expected to arrive in the form of lower freight rates throughout the rest of this decade, as a significant amount of new ocean-going vessel capacity will be put into place in the next four years. The BIR World Recycling Conference took place at the China World Hotel in Beijing May 29-31. |
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