India remained the top importer of U.S. recovered paper, buying 1.9 million mt in the January-September 2023 period, a decrease of 27% from the same period a year ago.
Thailand maintained its position as the second-largest import buyer of U.S. recovered paper, receiving roughly 1.7 million mt in the January-September 2023 period, an increase of almost 26% from the comparable 2022 time frame. Notably, Thailand was the only top-10 import buyer whose purchases of U.S. recovered paper increased in the nine-month period.
Mexico was the third-largest importing country, buying almost 1.4 million mt of U.S. recovered paper in the January-September 2023 period, down 21% year-on-year.
Overall, the top-10 importing countries decreased their purchases of U.S. recovered paper about 13% in the first nine months of this year, to about 9.4 million mt.
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