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Japan paper & paperboard flash 2026-09: production 1,761 thousand t (y/y -4.1%), domestic shipments y/y -6.7%, inventory 1,906 thousand t

Japan Paper Association - Monthly Supply-Demand Flash Statistics Authoritative source Published 20th October 2026 Japan

What the source reported

Source-reported

Japan paper & paperboard production (JPA flash): 1,761 thousand tonnes for 2026-09. Geography: Japan. Paper & paperboard total, thousand tonnes: production 1,761 (y/y -4.1%), total shipments 1,696 (y/y -5.3%), domestic shipments 1,534 (y/y -6.7%), exports 161 (y/y +10.1%), end inventory 1,906 (change vs previous month +65), imports for the previous month 61 (y/y +2.8%).

Publication
Japan Paper Association - Monthly Supply-Demand Flash Statistics · Commodity/Energy Organisation
Published
20th October 2026
Original report
jpa.gr.jp

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Commodities & Input Costs
Geography
Japan
Organisations
None identified
Collected
20th October 2026 · 16:23

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (18.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (28.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity