20% more expensive! Cosmetic gift packaging ushered in a surge in prices

1. The rise in oil and paper prices has directly led to the rise in cosmetic gift packaging:

Recently, oil prices have risen rapidly, and paper prices have also ushered in a wave of rising prices. The rise in oil and paper prices has directly led to the rise in cosmetic gift packaging. Pinguan APP found that since January, nearly 20 domestic paper companies have issued price increase notices one after another, including many industry leaders including Huatai Paper, Chenming Group, Asia Pacific Senbo, and APP Paper.

2. The price of paper mills increases, and cosmetic gift packaging manufacturers can only passively increase prices:

The price adjustment notices issued by Chenming Group, Shandong Sun Paper, and APP Paper all show that since February 1, the prices of coated paper series products have been increased by 300 yuan / ton. An increase of 500 yuan / ton. The price increases of related products of other paper companies are mostly RMB 100/ton, RMB 300/ton or RMB 500/ton. Some related products of some manufacturers have even increased by RMB 1000-1500/ton. The price increase of paper mills directly increases the cosmetic gift. The production cost of packaging, cosmetic gift packaging manufacturers can only passively increase the price. A number of printing factories and cosmetics companies told Pinguan APP that, as one of the main materials of cosmetic gift packaging, the rise in paper prices has directly raised the price of cosmetic gift packaging.

3. Paper companies have concentrated on raising prices, and many cosmetic gift packaging can't bear it:

In fact, this is not the first time that paper companies have raised prices intensively. A number of paper printing companies told Pinguan APP that since the second half of 2020, the paper mills they cooperated with have announced price increases many times. The person in charge of a cosmetic gift packaging company in Guangdong said that he received a price increase notice from Nine Dragons Paper in July and August last year, and other paper companies have also raised their prices since then. He said that it is normal for paper prices to rise by an average of 300-500 yuan a year, but now in a year, the price of some paper per ton has risen from more than 5,000 yuan to more than 8,000 yuan. The relevant person in charge of Guangzhou cosmetic gift packaging printing company said that from September to December last year, the paper price of the cooperative paper companies increased 4 times, basically by 200-300 yuan each time. The largest increase in January 2021, an increase of 600 yuan. "October last year, the end of the year, and January this year, these three time points have increased significantly." According to the price increase letter issued by a cosmetic gift packaging company in Wuhan, the price of white cardboard has risen by 50% since September. "In terms of the frequency of price increases and the extent of price increases, it has broken records in recent years."

4. Why do cosmetic gift packaging paper companies increase prices? After investigation and analysis, there are mainly the following factors:

4.1. The price of raw materials for cosmetic gift packaging paper continues to rise.

Judging from the price increase letters issued by nearly 20 paper companies, they all mentioned the factor of rising raw material prices for cosmetic gift packaging. Among them, the raw materials of cosmetic gift packaging include waste paper, wood pulp, coal, pulp board and so on. The reason for the increase is mainly due to the impact of the epidemic, environmental protection and trade policies.

It is understood that the current mainstream cosmetic gift packaging pulp in the market is classified by raw materials, mainly divided into wood pulp, non-wood pulp and waste paper pulp. Previously, my country's pulp and pulp raw materials mainly relied on imports, and the production of paper from waste paper pulp occupied the mainstream position. Data show that in 2019, my country's waste paper pulp output was 53.51 million tons, accounting for 74.25% of the total domestic pulp output.

However, the implementation of the ban and abolition order from 2021 will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of importing waste paper from cosmetic gift packaging. In contrast, wood pulp, which accounts for the second largest proportion of domestic pulp consumption after waste paper pulp, can be selectively increased. However, the price of wood pulp has continued to rise recently. Relevant information shows that softwood pulp and hardwood pulp have risen by about 250 yuan/ton and 200 yuan/ton respectively. The price increase letter issued by Fujian Xingcheng Paper also pointed out that the cost of wood pulp will increase rapidly in 2021.

4.2. Leading paper companies have a strong market right to speak, which affects the price level of cosmetic gift packaging paper.

A relevant person said that the leading cosmetic gift packaging paper companies have stronger bargaining power, and their concentrated price increases may lead to many small and medium-sized paper companies with weak market competitiveness who have to increase their prices.

4.3. The demand for cosmetic gift packaging paper increases, and the relationship between supply and demand drives the price increase.

A number of people in the printing industry reported to Pinguan APP that the increase in white cardboard may be related to the situation of "substituting paper for plastic" after the promotion of the ban on plastics. The increase in demand for cosmetic gift packaging has caused a certain supply pressure. .

 In addition, in the second half of 2020, various industries will pick up after the epidemic, and the demand for paper will gradually recover, which will also increase the consumption of paper. According to relevant reports, in mid-January, the domestic cosmetic gift packaging pulp inventory in Qingdao, Changshu and Baoding ports totaled 1.526 million tons, which fell to the lowest level since January 2019. Insufficient supply, prices will naturally rise.