In the first quarter of 2025, China added 409,000 tons of new capacity for tissue paper, remaining almost unchanged in terms of capacity increase compared with the same period last year

According to the research by the Secretariat of CNHPIA Secretariat, from January to March 2025, the tissue paper industry put into operation about 409,000 tons of new annual capacity annually, including 15 tissue machines, with 12 domestic and 3 imported ones. Compared with the same period last year (428,000 tons annually), the newly added capacity this year remains almost the same. The Secretariat of CNHPIA also collected data on projects announced by enterprises. From the second to the fourth quarter of 2025, the industry plans to add about 1 million tons of modernized capacity annually. In addition, the total planned capacity for projects to be launched in 2026 and beyond exceeds 9 million tons annually. Currently, the industry has sufficient capacity and faces fierce market competition. Therefore, enterprises are advised to be more cautious in future investments.