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India’s Kraft Paper market is entering a period of intense price volatility as geopolitical conflicts, rising energy costs, freight disruptions, and tightening wastepaper imports continue pressuring production economics across major manufacturing clusters. Higher coal prices, unstable shipping routes, and increasing raw material costs are creating strong pricing pressure for corrugated box manufacturers, FMCG packaging companies, and industrial paper processors. Industry participants are closely monitoring global trade conditions and feedstock availability as the Indian Kraft Paper sector faces growing supply chain uncertainty and rising procurement costs