Analysis on the market development status and influencing factors of global and Chinese packaging printing industry in 2017

I. General situation of packaging and printing industry

According to the classification of packaging materials, the packaging industry can be divided into paper packaging, metal packaging, plastic packaging, glass packaging, other packaging and other fine molecular industries. According to the statistics of China Packaging Association in 2011, the paper packaging market accounted for 39%, followed by plastic packaging, metal packaging and glass packaging market, accounting for 34%, 17%, 6% respectively.

According to relevant data, the global packaging market scale has been growing rapidly since the $516 billion in 2007, and is expected to reach $820 billion in 2016, with a compound annual growth rate of about 4.74%. Among them, paper packaging products with its low price, green environmental protection, good processing performance characteristics will occupy a more and more important position in the future packaging industry.

The Guidelines on Accelerating the Transformation and Development of Packaging Industry issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Commerce pointed out that the growth rate of packaging industry should keep pace with that of national economy, and the scale of industrial development should meet the needs of supporting services. By 2020, the annual main business revenue of the packaging industry will reach 2.5 trillion yuan, there will be more than 15 enterprises or groups with an annual output value of more than 5 billion yuan, there will be a substantial increase in listed companies and high-tech enterprises, and we will actively cultivate new industrial demonstration bases with prominent characteristics of the packaging industry, and form a number of well-known brands with strong influence.

Ii. Development status of the global corrugated packaging industry

(1) Asia has become one of the major producing areas of the world's corrugated packaging industry

According to the statistics of International Corrugated Carton Association ICCA, in 2015, the output and sales of corrugated carton in Asia accounted for the largest proportion, reaching 51.2%, followed by Europe, North America, Central and South America, Africa and Oceania.

In 2015, the main production and marketing regions of corrugated boxes in the world

(2) Growth rate of the global corrugated packaging industry

From 2013 to 2016, the global corrugated industry maintained an average growth rate of 4%; Among the emerging markets, the average annual growth rate of South America including Brazil, Chile and Argentina is 3%, the growth rate of Southeast Asian markets such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam is about 7%, the growth rate of Central and Eastern European markets is 4%, and the growth rate of China market is faster at 7%. It is expected that China will maintain its dominant position in the global corrugated packaging market in the future.

Average growth rate of global corrugated from 2013 to 2016

(3) Overseas corrugated packaging market concentration is high

Obviously different from the domestic market, the overseas corrugated packaging market is highly concentrated at present. The combined market share of the top five American carton manufacturers exceeds 70%, and InternationalPaper alone has reached 27%. Taiwan's top three carton manufacturers combined share of more than 50%. While the domestic corrugated box market is large, but the market maturity is lower than the international level, the market is very dispersed, concentration is less than 10%. With the professional development of carton manufacturing and the promotion of consumption upgrading, the differences in the industry will gradually expand, leading enterprises accelerate the integration and acquisition, survival of the fittest, the improvement of market concentration in the future is an inevitable trend.

Third, the development status of Chinese corrugated packaging industry

(1) Chinese corrugated packaging market development survey

Although the annual output of corrugated carton fluctuated due to short-term supply and demand relations, but since 2000 the average annual growth reached 20.9%. In 2015, the accumulated production of our corrugated carton completed 40.315,100 tons, accounting for about 80% of our country's paper packaging products.