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59November 2011
Paper
Contributing to the
Recovered Paper Market
Analysis:
• Melvin de Groot (Van Gelder
Recycling, the Netherlands)
• Mariëlle Gommans
(Bel Fibres, Belgium)
• Steve Vento (Vipa Lausanne
SA, Switzerland)
• George Chen
(G&T Trading Intl., USA)
accounted for US$ 1.5 billion of the
total (+34% compared to last year),
Mexico for US$ 237 million (-4%) and
India for US$ 203 million (+28%).
Asia
Stop on buying activity
Even though signs of a falling market
had been clearly visible in early Octo-
ber, few could have expected the scale
of the crash witnessed over the two to
three weeks prior to writing. All recov-
ered paper qualities have been losing
value but the newsprint grades have
suffered the steepest drop.
Many mills in Asia have put a stop on
buying activity, opting instead to monitor
the daily price drops; they are in a posi-
tion to delay purchasing for a while as
most have high fi nished product inven-
Textiles
By Günther Krippendorf,
FWS Alta-West, Germany
Autumn
collections
boost supply
Now that autumn collections are
in full swing, there is currently
enough original material available
to the market and sorting compa-
nies in Europe appear to be
obtaining enough to keep their
operations going at full capacity.
However, this situation can change
overnight, as was the case last
year when winter weather condi-
tions set in very early and collec-
tion came to an almost instant
stand-still, resulting in many sort-
ing companies having to cope with
a prolonged period of supply
shortage.
Demand is healthy for almost all
grades of sorted clothing and
nearly all qualities are proving to
be marketable. The same applies
to wiping cloths, demand for
which is still clearly exceeding sup-
ply despite economies cooling
down, notably those in Europe; as
a result, prices are still on a slight-
ly upward trend. Demand for all
the recycling grades also remains
fi rm.
Bel Fibres SA
Rue de Monte en Peine 2
7022 HYON
Belgium
Phone (+32) 65.760.960
Fax (+32) 65.760.965
E-mail [email protected]
www.belfibres.be
Experienced specialists in
Collecting and recycling of
• Paper
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• Plastics
• Archives destruction
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tories which they would like to sell fi rst.
Also, many mills are taking downtime or
are trying to buy as little as possible.
Mills in China must renew their licences
from January, which means shipments
from Europe would have to leave in the
fi rst half of November at the latest in
order to arrive this year. Furthermore, an
early Chinese New Year will mean no
arrivals between January 12 and the end
of the month. Given these two factors,
it is likely that many mills will not buy for
the next three to four weeks, which
could result in a further drop in values.
Freight rates to India and Pakistan have
increased slightly. Carriers are also trying
to increase rates on shipments further
east in Asia but there are doubts wheth-
er they will succeed for November.
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