Forest Products, Paper and Packaging

Led by an editorial team in Singapore and analysts in Mumbai, Old Economy brings visibility to the Forest Products, Paper and Packaging sectors of India.

Our services include market commentary and price updates, timely news and insights, data-led analysis and access to our sector analysts.

Imports of pulp and recovered paper account for a significant share of raw materials used by India’s paper industry. Our focus is to capture global dynamics shaping these markets and how they impact imports into India.

The packaging paper industry and India have one thing in common – both are growing rapidly. With a network across paperboard producers, corrugated converters and traders, our service provides holistic coverage on all leading grades of fluting, testliner and kraftliner.

India is a rare market where demand for newsprint and printing and writing paper continues to grow. We aim for holistic coverage of various product categories and grades in this segment.

Packaging Paper: India GST changes

An inverted GST structure in the packaging paper sector will led to increase in working capital costs.