Saturday, April 17, 2021

Country Report

    Tissue World Magazine, Country Report: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt & Jordan, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, North America area, North East USA, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, Vietnam

    Serbia

    PUBLIC’S GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF PAPER TOWELS LEADS GROWTH POTENTIAL

    Country Report Svetlana Uduslivaia -
    Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry With disposable income in Serbia set to decline during 2020 and consumers expected to...
    Serbia

    SERBIA’S ‘SURVIVAL–MODE’ TISSUE BUSINESS HAS RELATIVELY NEW AND FAST MACHINERY AND ACTIVE REGIONAL TRADE

    Country Report Bruce Janda -
    Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International Republic’s long-term recovery from years of political instability and the 2008 crash will be further hit by Covid-19, but...
    Tissue World Magazine Country Report Portugal May June 2020

    CONSUMER TISSUE IN PORTUGAL: 2020 DISRUPTION VS LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITIES

    Country Report Svetlana Uduslivaia -
    Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry At 7kg per capita in retail consumer tissue, Portugal falls somewhat behind its European...
    Country Report Portugal May June 2020

    NET TISSUE EXPORTER ON TREND TOWARDS THREE TIMES MORE THAN COUNTRY IMPORTS

    Country Report Bruce Janda -
    PORTUGAL HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON WORLD HISTORY AS A MARITIME POWER AND EXPLORER. IT MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON CULTURE IN BRAZIL, ASIA, AND AFRICA.
    Country report Canada

    CANADA: MATURE CONSUMER TISSUE MARKET UNDER PRICING AND COMPETITIVE PRESSURES

    Country Report Svetlana Uduslivaia -
    Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry Lingering around 500,000 tonnes in retail consumer tissue sales in 2018 and 2019, Canadian...
    Tissue World Magazine Canada

    CANADIAN TISSUE COMPANIES INCREASINGLY BUYING AND BUILDING SOUTH OF THE BORDER

    Country Report Bruce Janda -
    Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA SECOND ONLY TO THAT OF THE US, WITH STRONG COMMERCIAL AND AFH SECTORS BACKED BY HIGH...
    Fabrika-Gorsel

    TURKEY Lila Group doubles production capacity with TRY450m investment

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Turkish hygienic tissue paper manufacturer Lila Group is to increase its production capacity by 50% after investing in an integrated tissue plant. According to the company, the TRY450m...
    "Royaume de Suede", La Feuille Map of Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland), Daniel de Lafeuille (1640–1709). Source WikiCommons CC.

    OLD AND SLOW PRODUCTION – BUT POISED TO REAP BENEFIT OF LOW CARBON EMISSIONS

    Country Report Bruce Janda -
    WITH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION RANKED AMONG THE HIGHEST WORLD LEVELS, ANY SCANDINAVIA GROWTH WILL BE A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR GREEN TISSUE.
    Scandinavia. Image: B. Lai CC

    CONSUMER TISSUE IN SCANDINAVIA: MEETING CHALLENGES TO GROWTH AND BRAND DIFFERENTIATION IN MATURE MARKETS

    Country Report Per Brandberg -
    Per Brandberg, Research analyst, Euromonitor International Market saturation is a common factor in retail tissue markets in Scandinavia. Looking at volume per capita in retail tissue over...
    Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International

    SPAIN’S TISSUE BUSINESS WEATHERS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES BUT FACES HEADWINDS FROM DECLINING POPULATION

    Spain Bruce Janda -
    Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International Spain's tissue business has been shaped by the economic challenges the country has faced since 2007. The great worldwide...
    CANADA - Atlantic Packaging Products announces sale of assets for napkin and tissue manufacturing

    CANADA – Atlantic Packaging Products announces sale of assets for napkin and tissue manufacturing

    North America Helen Morris -
    Atlantic Packaging Products has announced it is selling off the site’s machinery assets. At the time of going to print, the Whitby- based company which provided sustainable packaging...
    Marc Alonso, Research analyst, Euromonitor International

    SPAIN: SATURATION, PREMIUMISATION, PRIVATE LABEL, SUSTAINABILITY – STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE GROWTH

    Spain Euromonitor International -
    In 2018, retail tissue sales in Spain recorded less than 1% growth in volume to reach 485,000 tonnes. Projections for the next five years through 2023 do not deviate far...
    Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International

    THE US TOPS THE LIST TODAY – BUT FUTURE CONSUMPTION RATES COULD GO UP...

    Northeast Usa Bruce Janda -
    Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International Last year Fisher International gave a presentation on “Issues Keeping Tissue ExecutivesUp at Night,” in which it was suggested...
    USA Country Report Tissue World Magazine

    CONSUMER TISSUE IN THE US: FROM STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES TO INSURGENT DTC BRANDS – LATEST...

    Northeast Usa Svetlana Uduslivaia -
    Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry In 2018 retail sales of consumer tissue in the US remained flat in nominal value terms...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Xuan Mai Paper targets high-quality tissue with capacity boost

    July / August 2019 Helen Morris -
    Vietnam’s Xuan Mai Paper has invested in a PrimeLineECO tissue machine to be installed at its Ho Chi Minh City-based plant. Supplied by Andritz, the machine has a design...
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    Initial volatility linked to post-Brexit trade relationships ‘unlikely’ to be reflected in UK Tissue...

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Imports equate to approximately 38% of Britain’s tissue consumption. Most of its fibre is non-EU supplied, and parent rolls and advanced process finished products...
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    Surge in e-tailing as UK consumers embrace technology for tissue

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    With a high level of market penetration a challenge for organic growth, the industry looks for new revenue streams to reach unmet potential at...
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    Retail tissue in France: finding pockets of growth in a highly mature market

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Retail tissue in France recorded sluggish volume sales growth in 2018 to reach 616,000 tonnes. Forecasts for the next five years are not much...
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    A post-nuclear future… France faces its electric power generation dilemma

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    The French tissue business does not have as long a history as the United States or Germany, but it continues to be unique in...
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    Germans are serious about sustainability, and it’s driving the nation’s tissue performance

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    The economic powerhouse has slowed of late, but despite European regulatory changes underway – fibre costs, exchange rates, environmental targets – Germany’s strong costs...
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    Consumer tissue in Germany: maturity, private label pressures, and value-added innovation

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    With nearly 11kg per capita retail tissue consumption in 2017, Germany is the third most saturated market in Western Europe, just behind Ireland and...
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    China: Health awareness and product upgrades drive consumer tissue market

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Driven by consumers’ rising hygiene and health consciousness as well as upgrades to tissue quality and variety, the retail tissue market recorded healthy growth in 2017 in China, in both value and volume....
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    China steps up industry revamp to target massive untapped potential

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    As the global tissue leader re-structures its entire economy by turning inward, natural gas, faster machinery, TAD pilot scale experiments, integrated plants and expanded e-commerce are just part of its strategy. China has...
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    Impressive growth potential with tissue consumption at less than half the west European average

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Turkey is an emerging market country with the 17th largest economy in the world ($2.133 Trillion GDP). GDP growth has been strong, averaging 6% CAGR until recently, with concerns over the current account...
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    Turkey: economy, urbanisation and expansion of modern grocery retail drives growth in tissue

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Steady growth of Turkey’s economy Turkey has demonstrated an outstanding economic growth performance over the last 15 years. GDP has tripled, and the number of foreign enterprises has increased more than fivefold, largely thanks to harmonising its laws...
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    UAE: Imports and costs dominate but emission curves suggest competitive position in future

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was formed from a merger of six states in 1971 (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, Umm Al Quwain), with Ras Al Khaimah joining in 1972. The United Nations (UN) estimated the...
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    Retail tissue in the UAE: value, pricing pressures, and outlook for the coming years

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    The UAE’s economic performance is expected to improve in 2018 but remain below trend for the next several years. Real GDP is expected to grow by 3.4% in 2018, following a 1.3% increase...
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    Import dominated, Thailand faces strong regional competition

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    The Kingdom of Thailand has the second largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. The World Bank classifies Thailand as an upper-middle-income economy. The CIA World Factbook ranked Thailand’s economic GDP as 21st in purchasing power parity...
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    Tissue use poised for a big stride forward in Thailand

    May / June 2018 Helen Morris -
    With lower tissue consumption per capita than its neighbouring countries in 2017, Thailand still has much room for growth to fulfil its potential. Demand for retail and AfH tissue is set to rise due to various factors such...
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    Mexico consumer tissue: fundamentals and soft drivers – what does the future hold?

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Mexico – the second largest economy in Latin America – has grown slower than most other large Latin American countries for more than a decade and continues to grow at a modest pace. Growth...
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    Mexico: Exports – and NAFTA renegotiations – are becoming vital

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Mexico’s tissue business continues to evolve to take advantage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) since implementation in 1994. Mexico has free trade agreements with over 50 countries, but trade with NAFTA neighbours Canada and...
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    Strong investment is key for Papel San Francisco

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    The Mexican pioneer will target AfH to keep ahead of a tissue market growth trend up to 4.5% annually. By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World magazine. It was no surprise when...
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    Northern USA: Where are you on the axis of survival?

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    By Bill Burns, Senior consultant, Fisher International With the constantly changing habits of US consumers continuing to challenge tissue companies across America’s tissue belt, being fit for purpose is more crucial than ever. What a...
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    US tissue: mature demand, highly competitive landscape and future growth opportunities

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    With 21kg per capita total tissue consumption in 2016, the US is one of the most saturated tissue markets in the world. Total demand for consumer and AfH tissue is expected to grow by less than 1%...
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    Consumer tissue in Nigeria: Focus on affordability

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Despite the economic recession in Nigeria in 2016 and slow recovery in 2017, retail tissue sales maintained their upward trajectory, recording an increase in volume of 1% in 2016. Sales are expected to see healthy growth over...
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    Nigeria – solid GDP but significant population-to-capacity gap

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Nigeria, with its oil wealth and sizable population (190 million, or more than half the population of the USA - it’s the most populous country in Africa) has been an economic powerhouse by many measures for...
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    Can tissue demand in the AfH space compensate for limited retail growth opportunities in...

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    As one of the most developed economies in the world with a declining population, Japan shows limited volume growth opportunities for FMCG products in general. Tissue products are no exception. With 2016 retail tissue volume at over one...
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    Japan – emerging from stagnant growth period

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Japan, the most developed country in Asia, is the quintessential definition of an economic miracle emerging from the defeat and economic devastation of World War II to become the...
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    Canadian tissue marketplace continues to battle soft demand

    Country Report Helen Morris -
    Real GDP is expected to grow by 1.8% in 2017, following a gain of 1.3% in 2016. Real growth of private final consumption was 1.8% in 2016 and an increase of 1.5% is predicted for...
    Tissue World Magazine

    The pulp giant planning a stronger future in tissue

    Canada Helen Morris -
    By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World Magazine No ‘Country Report’ from Canada would be complete without referencing its mighty forests. Canfor Pulp in British Colombia is surrounded by an unrivalled natural resource bound for...
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