Recovered Paper - Mixed: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global recovered mixed paper market sits at approximately USD 48 billion in 2025 (base year), held in a structurally tight supply balance between surging packaging circularity mandates, a persistent shortfall in clean recovered fiber supply, and the ongoing structural displacement of China as the dominant import sink. The US East Coast mixed paper (Grade 54/55) benchmark prices in the order of USD 95/MT CFR for Q2 2026, while EU and Asia benchmarks sit materially higher at EUR 110/MT and USD 120/MT respectively, reflecting regional quality differentials and logistics spreads. The 7-year CAGR through 2032 runs at roughly 2.5 percent in our base case, implying a 2032 endpoint of approximately USD 57.6 billion. That velocity is deliberately conservative: anyone who has covered recovered fiber markets since the 2018 China National Sword shock knows the consensus forecast gets revised dow

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