The price-increasing treasure that you throw away as waste is corrugated paper, which is the cardboard box used for express packaging. We know that with the rise of online shopping, the express delivery industry has also ushered in rapid development, and corrugated paper is also an essential material for the express delivery industry. but do you know? That is, the corrugated paper discarded after dismantling the express delivery began to increase in price as early as August 2021, and even set a record of four price increases in 20 days. Since August last year, a number of well-known paper companies, such as Chenming Paper, Huatai Paper, Jiulong Paper and other paper companies, issued a letter of price increase for corrugated paper. It is no exaggeration to say that Kowloon Professionals Once released six sheets in a row in one day, it is conceivable how fast the price of corrugated paper is rising. The price of corrugated paper used to be 3,680 yuan per ton. By mid-October 2021, the average price of corrugated paper has risen to 4,387.5 yuan per ton. Of course, it is not only corrugated paper that has risen in price, but also cardboard boxes with the same raw materials. The price of corrugated paper has increased by 30% compared to the same period in 2020, and the price of cardboard boxes has increased by 20% compared to the same period in 2020. Seeing this, it is not difficult to understand why the aunts in the community treat the express box as a baby. The rise in the prices of corrugated paper and cardboard boxes is an increase in prices for the express delivery industry, which means that if the price of corrugated paper continues to rise, people's express delivery costs are likely to rise in the future.
So why does the price of corrugated paper rise? Many people think that the price increase of corrugated paper is simply because of the price increase in the whole country. Is that really the case?
The reality shows that this is not the case. In fact, the first reason for the price increase of corrugated paper in my country is that the demand is too large. Online shopping has been very hot in recent years, which is forcing the development of the logistics industry. The increase in express delivery means an increase in the demand for corrugated paper. When the supply is insufficient, the price will naturally rise. In fact, at the end of 2016, there was a wave of price increases for corrugated paper, because the demand increased and the supply of corrugated paper raw materials was insufficient. However, in order to fill the vacancy of raw materials, my country also began to import corrugated paper materials from abroad.