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reason why these boxes, which were easy to see in the past when you go to a supermarket packaging area, became so precious is that the materials used to make the boxes were insufficient.

Boxes are mainly made of corrugated cardboard, but the lack of raw materials for corrugated cardboard is causing a disruption in box production.



Reporter Han Ji-yeon covered the reason.



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A cardboard manufacturer in Incheon.



Bend and paste the base paper to make cardboard.



It is a paper making cardboard.



This factory uses 3,000 tons of paper per month, and originally this warehouse should be full, but this space is empty.



As the supply volume ran, about 400 tons of paper was insufficient.



Last month, the plant was shut down.



[Cardboard company official: Because it is so insufficient...

I've had that experience in 41 years.

I hadn't experienced it until I stopped the machine...

.] The



initiation was the fire of Daeyang Paper, which accounted for 7% of the domestic corrugated paper production in October last year.



[A representative of a large paper company: Even though it has been over three months, production has not been continued, and all of the facilities are made in foreign countries.

.] As it



became difficult to find the original land, the demand for the singer increased, and the total shortfall as of January is close to 100,000 tons.



[Korea International Paper Federation official: Isn't it possible that the volume has continued to accumulate and has now been pushed back?

That can't be solved anymore.

(Also) Psychologically,'Let's take care of it' is triggered.] The



production of boxes decreased due to lack of materials, but the delivery of couriers with Corona 19 was the highest ever, and supply could not keep up with demand.



Not only the hoarding, but also multiple transactions of placing orders to several corrugated cardboard companies are prevalent.



[Corrugated cardboard box industry official: Because we can't get all the supplies from one side of the deal.

I ordered two places and three places like this.

There are no more than 20% of them.] The



related industry has decided to make joint efforts, such as increasing the production of corrugated paper and refraining from exports, but due to lack of facilities and time at the site, a disruption in paper boxes will be inevitable Are watching.



(Video editing: Seungjin Lee, VJ: Mingu Jung)



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