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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

Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International

Country Report

A tissue powerhouse of careful expansion, slow growth, and leading companies supplying a demanding home consumer market and a global industry

Bruce Janda Fisher International - August 17, 2021

Germany

A market transformed by 12% spike in total retail tissue sales

Ian Bell - August 16, 2021

Italy

Overmade launches drying and energy company Powermade

Helen Morris - May 19, 2021

China

As China’s consumer-driven economy takes root and expands, domestic tissue consumption could easily double – even at the same population

Tissue World Magazine - April 16, 2021

Leo Chen, Research Analyst, Euromonitor International

China

Covid has accelerated the already rapidly changing shopping landscape in China

Leo Chen, Euromonitor International - April 16, 2021

North America

Analysis of the North American tissue demand trajectory through the rest of the pandemic

Bruce Janda Fisher International - February 10, 2021

Liying Qian, Research Analyst, Euromonitor International

North America

An unprecedented boom and a record nosedive – North America tissue still in the grip of extreme pandemic pressure

Liying Qian - February 10, 2021

Taro Yamato Research Analyst, Euromonitor International, Tokyo, Japan

Updated forecast puts Japan tissue growth at 6% in value and 5% in volume

Japan Tissue World Magazine - December 3, 2020

All-industry model assumes third pandemic wave in 2021 and up to 7.5% decline in global GDP before an anticipated recovery to set in in 2022. With...

Tissue World Japan, 2020: The economy shows an upturn in Asia’s leading tissue consumer

Japan Tissue World Magazine - December 3, 2020

Decades of low growth, population decline, and now a leading trend towards automated paper-free toilets … yet Japan through continuing long-term renewal of its tissue industry assets still registers...

Strong export performance maintains Turkey’s tissue business growth

Turkey Bruce Janda Fisher International - October 9, 2020

Even with the country’s currency challenges, rising unemployment and pandemic insecurity, its regional position remains robust and poised to survive and thrive. Bruce Janda, Senior...

PUBLIC’S GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF PAPER TOWELS LEADS GROWTH POTENTIAL

Country Report Svetlana Uduslivaia - July 29, 2020

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

Country Report Bruce Janda Fisher International - July 29, 2020

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 - May 14, 2020

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

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

Country Report Bruce Janda Fisher International - May 14, 2020

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.

CANADA: MATURE CONSUMER TISSUE MARKET UNDER PRICING AND COMPETITIVE PRESSURES

Country Report Svetlana Uduslivaia - March 11, 2020

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...

CANADIAN TISSUE COMPANIES INCREASINGLY BUYING AND BUILDING SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Country Report Bruce Janda Fisher International - March 11, 2020

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...

TURKEY Lila Group doubles production capacity with TRY450m investment

Country Report Helen Morris - January 28, 2020

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 Fisher International - January 28, 2020

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.

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

Country Report Per Brandberg - January 28, 2020

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...

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

Spain Bruce Janda Fisher International - January 19, 2020

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

North America Helen Morris - December 1, 2019

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 - December 1, 2019

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...

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

Northeast Usa Bruce Janda Fisher International - November 27, 2019

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 - November 27, 2019

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...

Xuan Mai Paper targets high-quality tissue with capacity boost

July / August 2019 Helen Morris - May 23, 2019

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...

Initial volatility linked to post-Brexit trade relationships ‘unlikely’ to be reflected in UK Tissue...

Country Report Helen Morris - May 16, 2019

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...

Surge in e-tailing as UK consumers embrace technology for tissue

Country Report Helen Morris - May 16, 2019

With a high level of market penetration a challenge for organic growth, the industry looks for new revenue streams to reach unmet potential at...

Retail tissue in France: finding pockets of growth in a highly mature market

Country Report Helen Morris - March 22, 2019

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...

A post-nuclear future… France faces its electric power generation dilemma

Country Report Helen Morris - March 22, 2019

The French tissue business does not have as long a history as the United States or Germany, but it continues to be unique in...

Germans are serious about sustainability, and it’s driving the nation’s tissue performance

Country Report Helen Morris - January 25, 2019

The economic powerhouse has slowed of late, but despite European regulatory changes underway – fibre costs, exchange rates, environmental targets – Germany’s strong costs...

Consumer tissue in Germany: maturity, private label pressures, and value-added innovation

Country Report Helen Morris - January 25, 2019

With nearly 11kg per capita retail tissue consumption in 2017, Germany is the third most saturated market in Western Europe, just behind Ireland and...

China: Health awareness and product upgrades drive consumer tissue market

Country Report Helen Morris - December 13, 2018

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....

China steps up industry revamp to target massive untapped potential

Country Report Helen Morris - December 13, 2018

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...

Impressive growth potential with tissue consumption at less than half the west European average

Country Report Helen Morris - October 2, 2018

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...

Turkey: economy, urbanisation and expansion of modern grocery retail drives growth in tissue

Country Report Helen Morris - October 2, 2018

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...

UAE: Imports and costs dominate but emission curves suggest competitive position in future

Country Report Helen Morris - July 11, 2018

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...

Retail tissue in the UAE: value, pricing pressures, and outlook for the coming years

Country Report Helen Morris - July 11, 2018

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...

Import dominated, Thailand faces strong regional competition

Country Report Helen Morris - May 17, 2018

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...