Defining the Specialty Cellulose Market

Supply, demand, and price analysis of the specialty cellulose market, with five year projections.

Chapter 1: Defining the Specialty Cellulose Market 

  • An overview of global fibre demand by grade (waste paper, virgin paper grade pulp, fluff pulp, dissolving pulp and cotton linter pulp).
  • 2024 overview: world chemical cellulose shipments by grade (DWP &CLP) and end-use market (VSF, lyocell, textile filament, cellophane, acetate, ether, MCC, technical paper, nitrocellulose, casings, tire cord and sponges).
  • Historical shipments of specialty cellulose by furnish (DWP & CLP) and grade (acetate, ether, MCC, technical paper, nitrocellulose, casings, tire cord and sponges). 

Chapter 2: Specialty Cellulose Shipments Forecast by Grade and Region

  • A discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing each grade of specialty cellulose.
  • Shipments forecast for each grade, by region, 2024-2029

Chapter 3: Specialty Cellulose Supply

  • An overview of the supply base, by mill and by grade. Five-year forecasts (2024-2029)
  • CLP supply overview and procurement risks

Chapter 4: Specialty Cellulose Price forecast

  • An overview of prices by grade.
  • Price evolution in real and nominal terms
  • Implications of the US import tariffs
  • Price forecast for ether and acetate grades. Five-year forecasts (2024-2029)
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The specialty cellulose market remains notably opaque. Supply is dominated by a small group of producers, while demand is dispersed across a wide range of end-use sectors. In contrast to the paper-grade pulp industry, no formal industry body publishes shipment statistics. As a result, estimates of market size and growth vary significantly, and perceptions of historical and future trends are often conflicting.

This lack of transparency prompted the launch of this report in 2023. Our objective: to provide a rigorous, data-driven assessment of the sector by mapping shipments by grade and destination. Now in its third year, the report draws on a range of sources - including industry interviews, corporate disclosures, and international trade data - to offer the most comprehensive and credible view of market developments available today.

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We provide strategic, forecasting, marketing intelligence and business information services to the international forest products and bioenergy industries 

  • Independant and unbiased - we do not manufacture, trade or broker and forest products so are able to offer wholly-unbiased opinion
  • Decades of experience - With a sector knowledge base since 1982
  • Industry dialogue - we regularly talk to a global network of industry figures
  • Personal approach - much more than providing market data, we can adapt to your changing needs, offering calls and face-to-face meetings
This report delivers comprehensive and expert analysis of the specialty chemical cellulose market. Covering all the major grades, it maps supply and demand by region and describes the opportunities and challenges facing the sector.
Oliver Lansdell, Report Lead Author
Hawkins Wright

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