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Indian Paper Industry – a bird’s eye view
The Indian Paper Industry is among the top 15 global players. India is the fastest growing market for paper globally and produces a wide range of paper and paper board with more than 700 paper units.
While domestic production of paper and cardboard is around 7.6 million tons, the paper consumption per capita has reached 8.3 kg (around 8.86 million tons including newsprint). The South Asian average consumption per capita is 11 kg and world average is 53 kg.
Growth Indicator : |
Over 85 % production through small and mid size paper mills |
An increase in consumption by 1 kg per capita has increased demand of 10 lakh tones |
Estimated demands are 15 million tons by 2015 and 20 million tons by 2020 |
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