World Graphic Papers Forecast
A comprehensive report including 5 year forecasts for the Graphic Paper Industry, including demand, supply and trade around the world. Using an extensive range of data, including published data, industry sources and market research to provide you and your team with accurate forecasts. This report (Spring 2026) is now available and a Table of Contents can be found here.
Report Summary
The EMGE World Graphic Papers service covers Worldwide markets for Newsprint and Printing & Writing paper including the following paper grades:
- Coated Woodfree
- Uncoated Woodfree
- Coated Mechanical
- Uncoated Mechanical
- Newsprint
The report includes country data on a global level in the following regions:
- West Europe including Germany, UK, France
- East Europe including Poland, Russia
- North America including USA & Canada
- Australasia including China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Bangladesh
- South America including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
- Africa including South Africa, Kenya
This service comprises:
- EMGE World Graphic Papers forecast reports (2 per annum)
- Ad-hoc industry updates for subscribers
World Graphic Papers Trends Report 2026
The global graphic papers market has settled into a “new normal” characterised by sustained structural decline, largely driven by ongoing digitisation and end-user cut-backs. Producers are increasingly focused on versatile capacity management, protecting margins and tighter regulatory requirements. At the same time, recent geopolitical disruptions have highlighted the market’s continued vulnerability to costs and supply-side shocks.
- World Graphic Paper Market Trends 2026: The paper supply chain continues to contend with volatile energy and raw material costs, adding pressure to an already challenging operating environment, as prices across regions and paper grades rise amid logistics and costs upheaval.
- World Graphic Paper Outlook 2026–30: The sector is entering a phase of further strategic consolidation, where only the most efficient and geographically well-positioned mills are likely to remain competitive. This will require further capacity reductions alongside an accelerating shift towards higher-value, niche products to sustain profitability.
- Paper Mills and Operating Rates: To prevent oversupply and support pricing, mills are being driven to lower operating rates. This is occurring due to a combination of frequent commercial downtime and permanent machine conversions to packaging grades.
- Chinese Oversupply Market Threat: Significant overcapacity in China, combined with weak domestic demand, has resulted in a surge of low-cost exports into global markets. This influx threatens future downward pressure on prices and is prompting the potential introduction of protective trade measures in several regions.
- EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR): A newly agreed 12-month grace period extends the compliance deadline to 30 December 2026. This has provided some companies with additional time to address complex data reporting requirements ahead of implementation, while frustrating those which had already achieved compliance.
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