Newsprint: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global newsprint market stands at approximately USD 19.5 billion in 2025, navigating a structural decline at a CAGR of -1.8% through 2032, driven by digital media substitution and regulatory transformation. The market exists in a supply-constrained balance as permanent mill capacity exits outpace demand erosion, with feedstock concentration and EU regulatory inflection creating procurement complexity. > **Analyst Take.** Our view: the PPWR recycled-content mandates of 1 January 2030 represent the single most under-appreciated procurement inflection. Buyers anchored to current recycled-content levels of 10-12% will face a 25-30% step-up requirement within three years. The industry faces a three-year transition window where mills will need significant investment in deinking capacity and furnish optimization. The most aggressive buyers will secure long-term agreements now with recycled-

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