The United States announced an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods. This guide explains the paper and wood supply-chain implications and provides a shipment-level origin, HTS and Incoterms checklist.
International Paper’s announced closures and network optimization in North America are a useful signal for export box quote validity, lead times, substitute board grades, and printed packaging schedules.
TAIPEI PACK 2026 is more than an exhibition notice. It offers signals on Asian packaging automation, paper-based substitution, export packaging, and short-run production. This article explains how packaging teams can translate those signals into specifications and quote reviews.
As PPWR moves from legal text into standards, tests and technical documents, Korean packaging suppliers need a practical package of recyclability evidence, material data, weight tables and compliance files.
Recent signals of rising Chinese corrugated paper prices should be read as a quotation-management issue for Korean export boxes: shorter validity, alternative paper-grade review and clearer price-adjustment clauses.
Mondi and Swiss Krono’s switch from plastic films to kraft paper shows where paper pallet wrap can work: stable loads, puncture resistance, controlled logistics, suitable equipment and credible recycling documentation.
VTT and LUT’s F3 project shows how cellulose-based films and coatings could reduce plastic in paper packaging, but the commercial test is barrier performance, sealing, recyclability and machine compatibility.
Sonoco’s North American URB and converted paperboard price increases are a reminder to review quotation validity, shipment-date clauses and raw-material adjustment terms for paperboard tubes, cores, partitions and protective packaging.
Navigator’s gCell pulp brand is a reminder that raw materials are increasingly described through specifications, certification and supply narratives. Paper packaging quotations should reflect that shift.
Amcor’s AmFiber examples show how paper-based flexible packaging is moving into applications traditionally served by plastic film. The key questions are barrier performance, sealing, line compatibility and recycling claims.