奥巴马总统3月下旬远东之旅在媒体的聚光灯下把中国作为一个潜在的合作伙伴在国际安全问题上施加压力，朝鲜。但对于那些在包​​装界，中国过去是，是，将继续是一个主要因素。

例子：“中国的目标是成为世界上最大的包装生产商，在2012年年底，根据金融咨询公司企业融资催化的研究，说：”9月11日，2011年包装新闻 文章。

催化剂公司财务，1国际企业财务顾问，发行2011年秋天的报告，“纸张和包装业，并购更新”，下载报告，催化剂指出，“中国生产商已作出计划，以增加在未来三年自己的能力积极地。其宣称的目标是成为世界上最大的包装生产商，由2012年年底，这将进一步加剧竞争，将改变全球市场动态。“

在其2011年4月的报告的执行摘要，“ 中国包装工业 “欧睿国际机场。说，“条例”指出要更加注重对环境的关注。无情的内包装改革势头不减，表明打包需要，以确保该包装是可重复使用，回收，堆肥，或风险被排除在中国包装的机会。中国政府认为，包装行业的周边产业，事实上，最有说服力的是，包装成本不应超过产品销售价格的12％，或超过三个层次的要求。据预计，负担会趴在打包手中，以确保包装符合包装回收总体规划的要求。“

Euromonitor的总结其他亮点包括以下内容：
一个软包装增加对食品，饮料，美容和个人护理产品使用
“甜蜜点”上的了，走，和单份产品预计到是包大小高度successfyl
包装食品，饮料和烟草包装的产品迅速转化为“燃料包装形式的增长跨越造福国际和国内的包装一样。”

中国制造及包装市场上的更多信息可在MarketResearch.com。
美国人口普查局的报告，2012年1月，有$ 26,022.6（百万美元）在美国与中国的贸易货物的负平衡。

President Obama’s late-March trip to the Far East put China in the media spotlight as a potential partner in pressuring North Korea on matters of international security. But for those in the packaging community, China was, is, and will continue to be a major factor.

Case in point: “China is aiming to become the world’s largest packaging producer by the end of 2012, according to research by financial advisory firm Catalyst Corporate Finance,” said a Sept. 11, 2011 Packaging News article.

Catalyst Corporate Finance, an international corporate finance advisor, issued an Autumn 2011 report, “Paper and Packaging Sector; M&A update.” In that downloadable report, Catalyst noted, “Chinese producers have made plans to increase their capacity aggressively in the next three years. Their stated aim is to become the world’s largest packaging producers by the end of 2012, which will further intensify competition and will alter the global market dynamic.”

In the executive summary of its April 2011 report, “Packaging Industry in China,” Euromonitor Intl. said, “Regulations point to a greater focus on environmental concerns. Relentless reform within packaging continues unabated, suggesting that packagers will need to ensure that packaging is reusable, recyclable, or compostable, or risk being excluded from opportunities in packaging in China. The Chinese government considers the packaging industry a periphery industry; indeed, most telling is the requirement that packaging costs should not exceed 12 percent of the product sales price, or exceed three layers. It is expected that the burden will lie in the hands of the packagers to ensure that packaging meets the requirements of the Packaging Recycling Master Plan.”

Other highlights from Euromonitor’s summary included the following:
• An increasing use of flexible packaging for foods, beverages, beauty, and personal care products
• “Sweet spot” pack sizes for on-the-go, and single-serve offerings are expected to be highly successfyl
• The rapid conversion of unpackaged products to packaged foods, beverages, and tobacco will “fuel growth across packaging formats to the benefit of international and domestic packagers alike.”

More information on Chinese manufacturing and packaging markets is available atMarketResearch.com.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in January 2012, there was a $26,022.6 (in millions of US$) negative balance in U.S. trade of goods with China.