Founded in 1967, RGE manages a group of resource-based manufacturing companies with global operations in countries including China, Indonesia, Spain, Brazil and Canada, covering business areas such as pulp and paper, palm oil, dissolving pulp and clean energy.

RGE成立于1967年，管理着一批资源型制造公司，在中国、印度尼西亚、西班牙、巴西和加拿大等国开展全球业务，涵盖纸浆和纸张、棕榈油、溶解浆和清洁能源等业务领域。

The China International Import Expo offers a broad and fruitful ecosystem for enterprises to start new relationships, said Pablo Machado, global executive director of Suzano, the world's largest hardwood pulp producer, to China Daily website during an exclusive interview at the fifth CIIE.

世界最大硬木纸浆生产商Suzano的全球执行董事Pablo Machado在第五届进博会上接受《中国日报》网站专访时表示，中国国际进口博览会为企业建立新关系提供了一个广阔而富有成果的生态系统。

CSSC therefore adopted one of its 62,000-dead weight ton pulp carriers to ship vehicles to South America using its self-innovated foldable frames inside the ship body, after gaining certification from classification authorities.

因此，在获得船级社的认证后，CSSC采用了其62000载重吨纸浆运输船中的一艘，在船体内使用其自主创新的可折叠框架将车辆运送到南美洲。

"Because this pulp carrier has a box type cargo hold, it is fairly suitable for installing foldable frames to set up and transport vehicles," Cai said, adding that the ships will carry mainly pulp on their return voyages.

蔡说：“因为这艘运浆船有一个箱式货舱，所以它非常适合安装可折叠框架来安装和运输车辆。”他补充说，这些船将在回程中主要运送纸浆。

In addition to having five pulp carriers under construction within China, CSSC－a subsidiary of Shanghai-based China COSCO Shipping Corp Ltd, the country's largest shipping company by sales revenue－currently operates 15 pulp carriers and plans to build even larger vessels of this kind to support business growth.

除了在中国境内有五艘在建的纸浆运输船外，中国远洋运输集团有限公司（中国销售收入最大的航运公司，总部位于上海）的子公司中国远洋运输有限公司（CSSC）目前经营着15艘纸浆运输船，并计划建造更大的此类船只以支持业务增长。

Sun said the main work on building a wharf for Asia Pulp & Paper Group－the Indonesian paper product manufacturer－was completed in South Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 10.

One of the world's largest consumers of paper pulp, the Chinese domestic paper industry was plagued by overcapacity, which led to declines in both output and consumption in 2018, a report by Shenzhen-based Qianzhan Industry Research Institute said.

The Qianzhan report noted that less qualified paper pulp enterprises were shut down one after another, and more than 20 percent of China's up to 100 million tons of paper pulp consumption was imported.

The captain, a sailor for many years before taking the helm, told me that nearly 85 percent of global trade is completed by shipping, which means virtually everything we can imagine is delivered over water, be it a small fork or knife, or a huge A320 aircraft, or something as common as paper pulp for making milk cartons.

A vessel fully loaded with paper pulp left Punta Pereira Uruguay in South America and headed for its destination in Western Europe in the beginning of 2019, marking COSCO Shipping's first regular service in the Atlantic Ocean.

Since officially launching the Tramp-Liner service in the Atlantic by M. V. Tian You, which arrived in the Port of Flushing in the Netherlands and Port of Brake in Germany in February, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co Ltd will make monthly voyages with about 270,000 metric tons of pulp in 2019, according to Chen Feng, general director of marketing and sales, COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers.

The new route is driven by solid market demand for paper pulp from South America to Europe and the Mediterranean region, and shipping demand within this region is increasing.

Besides, we are bringing in a lot of materials like timber for furniture, pulp for paper, including office paper, hygiene paper and packaging paper, which are important to us as well.

We have a lot of products, like labeling and pulp, that can support the development of the e-commerce value chain.

The second-largest when it comes to sales is our pulp business.

Pulp, fibers and other raw materials also have great potential because they can replace fossil-based materials, which is a future trend.

Beal now works at St Croix Tissue and its parent company Woodland Pulp LLC as an environmental and security manager.

In the late 1980s, there were 1,200 people working in the pulp, paper, and oriented strand board plants in the area.

By 2009, there were about 320 people left working at the pulp mill.

John Williams, president of the Maine Pulp and Paper Association, said that in today's digital age, demand for most grades of paper products continues to drop.

In an interview with Xinhua, the group's CEO Xu Lianjie said he wants, through the new project, to set an example of sustainability for Chinese pulp and paper industry.

Finland is a major exporter of softwood pulp in the world, and also serves the main source of pulp imports for Heng'an.

Softwood pulp is an important raw material for the production of household paper products.

It is expected to have a capacity of 1.2 million tons of softwood pulp annually when put into operation in 2021.

Xu noticed that Finnish paper and pulp industry has accelerated technological upgrade in recent years.

Metsa Fibre, one of the world's largest coniferous pulp suppliers, has invested 1.2 billion euros in renovating its factory in Aanekoski, central Finland, for example.

The newly built bio-product plant started production last year, with a capacity of 1.3 million tons of pulp.

Xu said he was impressed by Metsa Fibre's new plant, reportedly the largest ever project in Finnish history, as it produces not only pulp but also various by-products, and thus optimizes the utilization of resources.

The forest is expanding even though there are so many pulp and paper mills in Finland.

According to Xu, a considerable portion of the pulp products of the new plant will be bought by China after it is put into operation, if the current positive trend of Chinese pulp market goes on.

He said the the Belt and Road Initiative offers opportunities for wider international cooperation in the paper and pulp industry.

To make up for raw material needs, the company will purchase more recovered paper domestically, and at the same time set up factories abroad for recycled pulp manufacture, said Cheung.

After drinking the fresh coconut water, consumers can take home freshly extracted coconut pulp.

And at the same time, we are selling to China, especially paper and pulp products, and certain high technologies and so on," said Aho.

Among the commodities, trade of copper ore, coal, paper pulp and iron ore showed an upward trend during this period.

Main imports via along the route include pulp, tapioca starch and copper concentrate from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

China's export volume of pulp, paper and paper products surged 40 percent year-on-year to 13.1 million tons in 2022, official data showed.

Imported commodities via the port were mainly crude oil, soybeans, manganese ore, coal and pulp.

"We used the money to purchase soybean pulp, brown rice and other raw materials for broiler feed.

"Nearly 90 containers filled with white cardboard produced by the factory are shipped through Qinzhou Port every day to ASEAN markets, and the number keeps increasing," said Zhou Ju, logistics department director of Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper Co Ltd, owned by Indonesia's Asia Pulp & Paper Sinar Mas.

Zhou said raw materials like wood chips, wood pulp and starch imported from ASEAN member states now enjoy preferential tariffs thanks to the RCEP agreement, and this has greatly saved costs for the company.

The imported goods are mainly sheet materials, paper pulp and kraft paper.

Zhai Jingli－deputy CEO for China at Asia Pulp and Paper, a subsidiary of Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group－said due to the current tariff system, although there are no tariffs on pulp, the company's imports of finished products from Indonesia still face tariffs of around 5 percent.

"Asia Pulp and Paper will be able to export more pulp and raw materials to China, and then export a part of the finished products made in China to other RCEP markets.

Zhai Jingli, deputy CEO for China at Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a subsidiary of Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group, said due to the current tariff system, although there are no tariffs on pulp, the company's imports of finished products from Indonesia still face tariffs of around 5 percent, while some products maintain 2 percent or 7.5 percent.

"APP will be able to export more pulp and raw materials to China and then export a part of the finished products made in China to other RCEP markets, to meet diversified demand both internally and internationally, as well as help support the growth of the regional economic integration," she added.

Key Laotian exports include gold, pulp and paper, copper ore and farm produce, most of which go to neighboring China, Thailand and Vietnam.

Xiamen International Trade Paper Products Co Ltd, a paper manufacturer involved in importing paper pulp and exporting paper products such as disposable cups and tableware, is among the first batch of companies that received certificates of origin from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China's foreign trade and investment promotion agency.

Wang Wenxian, general manager of the import and export business department of the paper manufacturer in Xiamen, said the company imports raw materials of paper pulp from Southeast Asian countries, South Korea and Japan, and the value of products it imports is about $100 million annually.

Once fully implemented, the market will cover large firms in seven additional sectors－petroleum refining, chemicals, nonferrous metal processing, building materials, iron and steel, paper and pulp, and aviation.

Major imports carried by the trains included paper pulp and flaxseed, and exports mainly comprised auto parts, daily necessities, home appliances and photovoltaic products, said Wang Mergeen, an official with Erenhot customs.

Imports include agricultural products such as sugar, sunflower seeds, flaxseed and sunflower oil, in addition to traditional commodities such as boards, wood pulp and other building materials.

Timber, dairy and leather products, meat, pulp and raw materials for textiles are China's main imports from New Zealand, while clothing, machinery, telecom equipment and parts, computers, furniture, toys and sporting goods make up most exports to New Zealand.

Imports carried by the trains include agricultural products such as sugar, sunflower seeds, flaxseed and sunflower oil, in addition to traditional commodities such as boards, wood pulp and other building materials.

Early this month, 40 containers of pulp for paper manufacturing departed Brazil by ship, bound for the Port of Qinzhou in Guangxi.

The pulp then arrived in Chongqing by train, which required just two days.

But the trip from Shanghai to Chongqing would take about three weeks to make its way up the Yangtze River, according to Chen Feng, general manager of the marketing center of COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, which handles logistics for paper pulp.

Early this month, 40 containers of pulp for paper manufacturing departed Brazil by ship, bound for Qinzhou Port in Guangxi.

The pulp arrived in Chongqing by train, ready to be used by Chinese paper mills.

In the past, more than a month was required for a shipment from Brazil to complete its ocean voyage to Shanghai, followed by another three weeks to make its way up the Yangtze River to Chongqing, according to Chen Feng, general manager of the marketing center of COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Co, which handles logistics for the paper pulp.

Timber, dairy and leather products, meat, pulp and raw materials for textiles are China's main imports from New Zealand, while clothing, machinery, telecom equipment and parts, computers, furniture, toys and sporting goods are the pillar exports to New Zealand.

Now, machine peeling only takes a minute — and pulp retention is more complete.

Compared with traditional printing technology, the digital process doesn't generate any waste of water, gas or pulp.

The world's largest ice-class multipurpose pulp ship carrying 2,797 new energy vehicles, set sail from Taicang Port in Jiangsu province to South America on Tuesday.

To upgrade the lychee industry, a raw pulp processing plant, established by Chinese herbal tea maker Guangzhou Wanglaoji Great Health Industry Corp, started up in May last year, generating revenues of around 400 million yuan.

CHONGQING-- A cargo train carrying containers of goods, including paper pulp, quartz sand, and ceramics, arrived in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality on Saturday, marking the completion of the 7,000th rail-sea intermodal train trip running along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor this year.

Up to now, Ning'er Station has sent out a total of 296,000 tons of cargo, with wood production, such as timber, paper pulp and flake-boards accounting for more than 40 percent of its total transport volume.

Chen, an expert in enzymes and microbes, said her company will continue to support China's upgrading of traditional industries, such as textile, pulp and wastewater treatment, by reducing water, energy and raw material consumption.

In Liew's eyes, dragon fruit has great value because it can be used to make pulp, juice, or easily peeled to eat, with the peel itself having certain uses.

The export cargo of the outbound trains include home appliances, mechanical equipment and daily necessities, while the inbound trains mainly carry automobile parts and paper pulp, the customs said.

The BOC said in a statement on Tuesday that it has recently helped Eldorado Brasil, a Brazilian paper pulp company, process the renminbi-based letter of credit discounting, which is a short-term credit facility provided by banks, and immediately covert it into Brazilian reais that are deposited in the company’s account.

With the support of Chinese financial institutions, the group has expanded a pulp mill it acquired in Brazil and completed the construction of facilities with an annual dissolved pulp capacity of 1.5 million tonnes last year.

In the years to come, the market is likely to see futures contracts covering a range of commodities including red dates, paper pulp and pigs, according to Fang Xinghai, deputy head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

The CSRC is accelerating the listing of crude oil futures, and actively preparing for the listing of similar instruments in cotton yarn and paper pulp.

The CSRC is also speeding up preparations to launch crude oil futures, as well as possible futures markets for cotton yarn, pulp, hogs, red dates and apples, Fang said.