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India

Indian Paper Industry in Global Perspectives. Contd.

COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SECTOR

As compared to USA, Europe, the paper industry in India is far below the quality standards of the products.
It is not as competitive as in other Asian countries such as ; Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia & China.
The paper industry in India is less competitive as compared to similar sectors such as; cement and capital goods.
The possible reasons which makes paper industry less competitive compared to other similar sectors are -

QUALITY STANDARDS

The quality standards in other countries are maintained as per customer preferences
In India we still go by BIS norms which are much below the international standards.
General perception about the quality of products produced in India is poor.
As far as Printing papers and the Newspaper segment also by & large gives preference to the imported Newsprints.
The Indian paper industry uses 20 - 30% more raw materials; about 30% more energy, 200% more water & 10% more chemicals.

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