Japan exports 154,532 tonnes of recovered paper as prices rise across three grades
How should export average prices inform procurement decisions for paperboard and printing paper?
In August 2026, Japan’s recovered paper exports fell below the same month a year earlier. Even so, average export prices for recovered corrugated containers, newspapers and magazines all rose from July.
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Japan’s recovered paper exports fell below the same month a year earlier in August 2026. Export volume was 154,532 tonnes, down 9.5% year on year and 5.8% from the previous month. Yet average export prices for all three major grades rose from July.…
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