Market trends

While Mondi’s direct exposure to the Middle East region is limited and operations remain safe, it has faced higher energy, raw material, and logistics costs across the business.

The divergence between the packaging paper segment’s 89 percent revenue growth and the group’s 46 percent profit decline suggests that publication paper, Norske Skog’s traditional business, is dragging down overall results.

The 288 percent increase in recycling volumes suggests that more scrap is being collected, sorted, and processed locally rather than shipped to international recyclers.

The 30 percent revenue decline suggests the company is losing market share or facing reduced demand from key customers.

On the pull side, Türkiye’s plastics recycling industry has expanded rapidly, with processors willing to import waste as feedstock for producing recycled granules.

The coatings industry is highly exposed to petrochemical feedstocks, which have seen dramatic price swings due to Middle East supply disruptions.

Camelot’s revenue growth to GH¢36.97 million (approximately US$2.46 million) demonstrates that security printing and business forms remain resilient even as digital transformation accelerates across the continent.

Certified recyclers are doing their part, yet they compete with informal burning and backyard dumping that still defines most e-waste disposal across the city.

The Confederation of All India Traders reports the plastic industry faces a 50 percent raw material shortage, forcing many MSMEs to shut down or reduce production.

The International Energy Agency confirmed that member countries released 400 million barrels from emergency reserves in March to address supply disruption.