Increasing imports major concern of paper industry: IPPTA

With increased imports of various types of papers, the Government should ensure a level playing field by entering in Free Trade Agreements with competing countries, Managing Director, Seshasayee Paper and Boards Ltd, K S Kasi Vishwanathan said today.
The paper exports from thje country also registered a 10 to 15 per cent increase in the last decade due to remarkable improvement in the quality standards of Indian paper, Vishwanathan, former president of Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association (IPPTA), said.
The news print was largely imported as it was made from wood and India did not have such industrial plantations to meet the print industry's requirement, he said.

IPPTA Secretary General M K Goyal said the paper industry is growing 6 to 7 per cent year-on-year.
The industry was using different raw materials such as old/used paper, wood, agricultural waste for making paper, he said.