March has been the traditional peak sales season for the cultural paper market. Since march, the demand for cultural paper has gradually stabilized, and the price is also rising steadily.

 
Looking back at the third quarter of 2021, under the influence of imported cultural paper and the National "double reduction" policy, the price of domestic cultural paper has been declining, and the market situation has continued to be sluggish. The traditional peak season of the September and October also shows a clear phenomenon of low peak season.
 

In the fourth quarter of 2021, the market price of double adhesive paper once fell to 4700 yuan / ton, and in the case of high pulp and energy prices, the price of cultural paper has even been lower than the cost line of many paper companies.
 

Since 2022, the impact of imported cultural paper on the domestic market has been basically eliminated, and the weak price of cultural paper in 2021 has led to the suspension of many small and medium-sized enterprises, and the situation of oversupply in the cultural paper market has been alleviated. As of February 25^th , 2022, the average price of double adhesive paper in the market has risen from 5200 yuan / ton at the beginning of the year to 5600 yuan / ton.
 
After this round of price increases, paper prices have returned to the cost line, and paper companies have also gained certain profit margins. Subsequently, with the slight increase in paper prices month by month and the easing of cost pressure month by month, the profitability of cultural paper is expected to improve month by month.

In addition, due to the recent suspension of production and maintenance and transportation problems of overseas pulp mills, the domestic wood pulp price has continued to rise, which has formed a strong support for the price of cultural paper.
 
Major paper mills are currently actively and slowly promoting paper prices, but due to the repeated impact of the epidemic in various provinces and cities across the country, the tourism and catering industries have been greatly impacted, and schools in various medium- and high-risk areas have carried out online classes, which has a certain  negative impact on the demand for cultural paper, making the overall market demand lower than expected.
 
In terms of paper mills, mainstream paper mills are still producing normally, the pressure on small and medium-sized paper mills is larger, and the epidemic situation coupled with the sharp rise in raw material prices has led to a sharp rise in the entire operating cost of paper mills, and the willingness to raise prices is extremely strong.

 
At present, the outbreak of the epidemic in many parts of the country has greatly restricted logistics and consumption, which also makes the future of cultural paper in the peak season a great uncertainty.

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