Recently, Russia’s major book publishers called on the national government to take measures to stop rising paper prices, which led to serious losses.

According to the publisher’s data, the price of coated paper has increased by 18% and the price of paperboard has increased by 30% in recent years. One possible option to deal with the current situation is to provide subsidies to paper producers to avoid further increases in the prices of their products. At the same time, Russian paper mills are turning to more marginal packaging products and are seriously worried that the government has begun to implement price controls. The price of packaging paperboard is also rising, because during the epidemic, the demand for paperboard increased significantly with the strengthening of e-commerce.