In recent years, e-commerce companies have not had a very good time, in the current increasingly fierce competition, express delivery companies have also played a collective price increase since the third quarter of 2016. Now, rising and rising prices of waste paper also make these enterprises laugh. Is it passed on to consumers?

According to China Paper Industry Network on January 10, about 57 paper mills across the country are all on the rise, of which the price of the eastern part of China is the strongest, 27 paper mills prices increased by another 30-180 yuan per ton, the price of corrugated cartons made from waste paper also began. In response, many e-commerce companies said that affected by the price of a single corrugated carton rose by 15-25%, the profit margin of enterprises may also be compressed.

In fact, in recent years, e-commerce companies have not had a very good time, in the current increasingly competitive, express delivery companies since the third quarter of 2016 have played a collective price hike. Do price pressures pass on to consumers?

In this regard, a number of e-commerce enterprises said that for larger e-commerce platforms, most e-commerce platforms can internally digest the impact of rising prices of corrugated cartons procurement, temporarily will not ease the pressure through commodity price increases. But Lushi County Luguandian Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. General Manager Tian Jianpo frankly, corrugated cartons. In order to maintain the competitiveness of commodities in terms of price, enterprises will not easily raise the price of commodities, but if the price of corrugated cartons continues to rise, this part of the price pressure may pass on to consumers.

Then, how does the rising price of waste paper affect the electricity supplier industry?

Tian Jianpo said that two weeks ago, the enterprise purchased 5,000 medium-sized cartons, each corrugated carton rose from 0.68 yuan to 0.78 yuan, an increase of 15%, the overall purchase price of corrugated cartons increased by 500 yuan. Ten thousand, the packaging cost increased by 2700 yuan.

The rise in the price of waste paper is not a recent event, Tian Jianpo also said that from April 2016 to now, the purchase price of corrugated cartons has been rising. In fact, in 2016, the price of corrugated cartons rose nearly 70%. This shows that e-commerce enterprises are under increasing cost pressure.

But it's not clear whether the subsequent waste paper market will continue to surge, but in the face of fierce competition, it's risky to shift the cost pressure to consumers. To survive, the e-commerce industry is also trying to change.

The problem of "over-packaging" has always existed in the e-commerce industry for fear of damage to goods caused by various processes in the logistics transportation process.

A Taobao shopkeeper, Mr. Liu, said some of his colleagues were already considering changing the packaging method, replacing large cartons with small cartons to save vacancy rates, or changing corrugated cartons to plastic bags or wrapping paper. Try to choose the cartons saved before delivery.

"Jingdong has been trying to reduce the cost of packaging, recycling packaging and partially replaceable cartons," said Duan Yanjian, head of the Jingdong Logistics Green Packaging Project. "For example, we reduced the bandwidth used in the sealing process from 53 mm to 45 mm, reducing the amount of adhesive tape used by at least 100 million meters in 2016."