On August 21, according to several industry organizations, the Indonesian government chose two different categories to evaluate the pollutants in waste paper after months of uncertainty about the restrictions on the recycling of waste paper imports:
1. The content of heavily polluted garbage should be controlled below 0.5%;
2. The control of the content of impurities that are lightly polluted and easily picked out is differentiated according to the type of waste paper. The amount of such waste is 5% in India.
Indonesia controls the total amount of heavily polluted waste below 0.5%, and the slightly polluted garbage mixed waste paper is allowed to appear no more than 3%, and OCC allows no more than 5%.
Indonesia's total paper production capacity is 12.17 million tons per year
Indonesia is the largest economy in Southeast Asia, a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and the fourth most populous country in the world. In recent years, the country’s political situation has been stable and friendly to China, and the market has shown great vitality.
China is one of Indonesia's important importers. Indonesia's imports to China account for 10.9% of total imports, and it is increasing year by year.
As the world's ninth largest pulp producer and the eleventh largest producer of paper products, Indonesia's total pulp production capacity is 7.9 million tons per year, and the total paper product capacity is 12.17 million tons per year. Bangka, director of the Manufacturing Fundamental Division of the Indonesian Ministry of Industry, said that the demand for paper in developing countries increased by an average of 4.1% per year, while that of developed countries increased by only 0.5% per year.
At present, the world paper demand has reached 394 million tons, and will rise to 490 million tons in 2020, of which Indonesia's demand for paper has reached 7.7 million tons. At present, Indonesia's pulp production is 7.3 million tons, of which 2.83 million tons are for export, and the export volume is 1.6 billion US dollars. The paper output is 10.7 million tons, of which 4.49 million tons is for export and the export value is 3.9 billion.
Indonesian paper mill equipment and accessories are almost entirely dependent on imports
According to the USDOC International Trade Registration Board, almost 100% of pulp and paper equipment and accessories in Indonesia are imported from abroad and assembled at local factories. There are no paper machine production machines in the local area, and most Indonesian pulp and paper factories only have studios that produce repair parts.
Therefore, the growth and rapid development of demand in the Indonesian paper industry has attracted a lot of investment and trade concerns.
