Southeast Asia-bound wastepaper prices slump on weak demand

Prices of exports from the West and Japan have plunged by around half

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Southeast Asian nations are importers of Japanese waste cardboard. (Photo by Akinobu Masubuchi)

AKINOBU MASUBUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Prices of wastepaper exports to Southeast Asia remain sluggish on soft demand in the region and increased supplies from other countries, pointing to a global slump in the papermaking industry.

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