Restore the competitiveness of the European printing industry

Recently "German printers" magazine "Insider" - the International Federation of Printing and Related Industries (Intergraf) Secretary-General Ms Beatrice Klose's article, the disclosure of which European industry status quo printed some numbers. Intergraf 26 Printing Industry Association on behalf of 20 countries.

With the report figures on paper consumption, imports, exports and more content other describe the state of the printing industry. International Federation of the printing and related industries at March 17, 2015 meeting with the European Commission, also use this data in order by reducing the administrative agency personnel and maintain a fair competitive environment, so as to improve the competitiveness of the printing industry.

European printing paper demand in 2014 compared to 2013 decreased by 3%. Recently Paper consumption is about 30 million tons. The largest decline was super calendered SC paper (-5%) and newsprint (- 6.5%). Decline often associated with economic crisis. At present, the printing paper than before the economic crisis has reduced consumption by 25%.

China to nearly one billion euros to keep the main supplier status of the European printed products. This compared with 2000 quadrupled. More than 50% of the books are imported from China printed, followed by postcards and pictures of this. British imports most of the Chinese printing products (40% of the total). In the EU's largest supplier of printed matter, behind China, the United States, Switzerland and Hong Kong.

However, the market also has a positive side. With the decline in paper consumption, printing paper prices also decreased. Depending on the paper quality, paper prices in Germany fell between 4% and 7%. This trend continues in the first half of 2015.

2014 European printing industry showed positive foreign trade balance of 2.3 billion euros. To this end Germany's export value of 3.8 billion euros to contribute to the printed product, which contribute a third of non-EU countries. British export worth 3.2 billion euros following the German, 50% of printed matter to countries outside the EU exports. The main export partners are the EU, Switzerland, the United States, Norway and Russia.

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Carton packaging market future trend

With the development of the packaging market, a single transport function carton sales functions gradually change consumer purchasing psychology and aesthetic concepts are also changing the one hand, the appearance and exquisite packaging increasingly high demand for the product on the other hand Environmental performance is also set forth requirements. Only continuous development designed to meet consumer demand for new products in order to attract the customer's interest, stimulate desire to buy. Around carton packaging function changes and customer aesthetic trends, carton packaging market in the future will make three changes.

Steering sales package from the shipping package

With well-developed commodity society, improve living standards of consumers, increasing demand for corrugated boxes with higher strength and good function of advertising, increasingly high demand for fine print, corrugated packaging sales gradually shifted from transport packaging It is also an opportunity carton industry.

The strength of consumer demand trends carton box put a higher demand, lighter boxes, printing from monochrome to multicolor network development, printing graphics clear, beautiful, bright, strong sense of three-dimensional networks, novel. This quality of the original paper and paperboard, printing equipment, ink, flexible plate and put forward higher requirements.

With flexo and related equipment development, processing carton printing processes reduce the use of environmentally friendly water-based ink further promote the development of technology into the box from the nail me to stick me direction, kraftliner printed surface gradually cattle card whiteboard color face printed cartons replaced gradually achieve internal and external sales package integration.

Diversify services from a single service

In addition, the corrugated box industry needs to continue to develop new products to expand service channels. Under the impact of the global financial crisis, as an important industry in the national economy of China's packaging industry is facing enormous challenges. Paper and wood, paper and plastic, paper and bamboo, paper and metal container is the future direction of development.

In order to gain a firm foothold in the future to more intense domestic and international markets, the majority of corrugated box business clients are gradually adjust to traditional corrugated to improve and develop new products and new varieties. The traditional corrugated packaging and transportation service objects are packed, technology development concept pioneering and innovative spirit, to develop innovative corrugated packaging products. For example: the development of corrugated cardboard tray, cardboard, supermarket shelves, cushioning materials, office supplies, paper toys, paper, furniture, etc., to expand the application areas of corrugated products.

At the same time, the industry will be in paper cartons and wood, paper and plastic, paper and bamboo, paper and metal cans, paper and packaging sector in order to expand the bottle. Circular economy and green packaging is the national development priorities of the packaging industry, because it can take full advantage of resources, while protecting the natural environment, the country. Paper packaging is the green packaging, not only use value, as well as recycling regenerative value, in full compliance with the circular economy and green packaging requirements, with the attention of the whole society for environmental protection, cardboard cartons will be more by the majority of users and consumers favor. Therefore, corrugated box industry should seize this favorable opportunity, expand carton box clients.

Utility functions from the packaging function steering

As to the new environmentally friendly paper packaging products, applications folding carton box is very wide, it makes commodities beautiful and easy to carry, the majority of consumers.

The international market is very popular folding carton packaging, which promote the standardization and regulation of commodity markets have a certain role. Small assembly folding carton box is mainly used in food, health products, fruit, vegetables, eggs, frozen aquatic products, small household appliances, instruments, toys and other small size, light weight packaging. The new packaging boxes varieties, the product can play a good protection.

Visible, the future prospects are very bright carton industry, the majority of carton manufacturers should closely follow the trend of the times, in order to win the opportunity to realize business by leaps and bounds. But if you want the carton in the highly competitive market presence is not easy, it requires a strong talent and technical support.

Lack of personnel has become an important factor restricting the development of China's corrugated box industry, train a number of senior professional and technical personnel and management personnel has become essential. According to the current development of corrugated box industry, the training of senior professional and technical personnel and management personnel can take a "binary", that is part of the Specialized enter college full-time, another partly by enterprises as the mainstay, carried out in practice in the development of technological innovation projects talent development. This approach may be more suitable for the actual effect will be more efficient and some of the show. We must also pay close attention to the construction of packaging education and training base, so that more corrugated box business with universities and research institutions to establish directional links, advanced scientific research after the pilot phase, rapidly transformed into productivity.

In addition to speeding up the construction professionals, but also greatly enhance the corrugated machinery manufacturing level, which is the basis for the development of corrugated box industry. Although in recent years, China's corrugated box machinery manufacturing level has been rapid improvement and development, but with the international advanced level there is still a gap, we must strive to learn advanced foreign technology, focusing on the development of "high, fine, sharp" corrugated machinery, catch the international advanced level.

Corrugated board production line must develop the wide, high-speed, finishing, automatic direction. Wherein there are two particularly noteworthy: First, corrugated board production line must be equipped with micro-corrugated board production capacity, lay the foundation for developing micro-corrugated cardboard; second is to implement the "machinery and electronic products packaging and materials and wood," the important instructions of the State Council Development suitable for mechanical and electrical products 3A heavy corrugated board production line, to fill the gaps.

Moreover, green technology, automation, digital, intelligent home and abroad has become a trend in today's paper packaging industry, packaging and printing companies need to market demand for the product packaging, integration advantages of resources at their disposal, in-depth analysis to understand the different needs of users, the full rational use of conventional automated packaging printing technology, innovative technology, digital packaging printing technology, endless creative packaging design, product packaging and printing open up new markets, focus on mining industries in the high-end products, packaging users GOLD, the final user become common destiny.

Development of China's carton industry is facing enormous changes, this change to our carton industry has brought great challenges, but also provides us with an opportunity to upgrade their. Grasp the development trend of the corrugated box industry, and tap new profit growth point, the enterprise from the "Red Sea", seeking long-term development of the inevitable choice.

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Germany has become a complete system of recycled paper

In Germany, the front of the houses generally have three trash were recovered normal household waste, plastic and designed to recycle paper. In the train station, hotels and other public places have special bins for recycling paper or garbage bags.

Good garbage habit for recycled paper production to provide raw materials. Recycled old paper, pulp and fiber material forms three German paper raw materials. Recycling old paper first starting rotten blisters, then separation of the part is not suitable for the production of paper, and then break out the old paper after printing some color paint. At this point the old pulp itself is a variety of different lengths of fiber mixture, and then you can produce different kinds of paper according to different needs.

German government continued focus on recycled paper also effectively promoting the use of recycled paper. German Federal Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Association of Local Governments from 2007 onwards, each local government should be carried out to investigate the utilization of recycled paper. The amount of scope and content of the paper surveys the population of more than 100,000 people in the community, recycled paper usage and environmental impact reduction. Survey results for 2010 show that more than half of the local governments of more than 80% utilization of recycled paper.

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The prospect of food vacuum packaging machine in packaging machinery

Now vacuum packaging machinery varieties, short innovation cycles, new multi-function can achieve the highest hygiene requirements, so vacuum packaging machine manufacturers only highly innovative in terms of design, in order invincible in the fierce competition in the market. Rather than cater to the appetite of consumers to play crazy vacuum packaging machine price war. Will undoubtedly play a price war at the same time bring harm consumers and manufacturers, as well as the entire industry will suffer. Therefore, the development of vacuum packaging machine industry must take a long-term development.

The food industry is undoubtedly the world a very strong part of the economy, high investment, therefore, the food packaging industry is a very big market. This industry is the biggest buyer of vacuum packaging machinery, occupies nearly 70% share, followed by electronic products, such as IC, chip, circuit boards, the industry will adopt ...... simultaneously harm consumers and manufacturers, as well as the entire industry will suffer. Therefore, the development of vacuum packaging machine industry must take a long-term development.

The food industry is undoubtedly the world a very strong part of the economy, high investment, therefore, the food packaging industry is a very big market. This industry is the biggest buyer of vacuum packaging machinery, occupies nearly 70% share, followed by electronic products, such as 20% IC, chips, circuit boards, the industry accounts for procurement of vacuum packaging machinery purchases.

Global trade vacuum packaging machinery industry for many years, has been increasing, to stop in the first half of 2010 has reached 15 billion euros. Since 2008 the financial crisis curbed demand, last year the volume of trade affected, in 2009 exports of about 2 billion euros, down by a quarter compared to 2008. But this year has been strong demand for improvement.

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Plastic food packaging recycling is not difficult

Sometimes, sustainable plastic food bags and environment-friendly packaging materials not relations, but with how we handle the product concerned. For example, the bottled water industry has been a lot of criticism, when people drink water that perfectly clean and sealed, resulting in a lot of unnecessary waste bottle. However, some communities and universities are working hard, through the establishment of refills site, reduce waste of plastic water bottles. People no longer need to buy bottles from the vending machines, you can take the empty bottles, filled with water free. This is a good start, but part of the problem of plastic food bags.

Typically, disposable packaging in retail stores now is the most common. From water bottles to drink to personal care products, cosmetics and cleaning products are disposable packaging, and then it is discarded. We hope that some of the package will be re-used, although we also know that recovery is a challenge for consumers. But repopulate the site if we take this idea and apply it to other liquid products, there will be how kind of consequences?

In the past, beverage companies and other liquid products manufacturers the use of glass packaging, may be re-used in the earliest forms of packaging. The reason is that you have to put your empty milk bottles on the door, the milkman will be recovered tomorrow morning! Glass is very durable, easy to clean, and constantly refilled, and when the time is up, it can be recycled. Repopulate the site without lower prices or lower the quality of liquid products, we can significantly reduce packaging waste, few consumers rarely go to those retail stores to repopulate the site. Bulk purchase is a viable option, it is necessary to limit the package, to provide consumers with greater value.

Barrier plastic food bag recycling is almost non-existent, because consumers need to do is fill a box, and then returned to the box. There are many different types of boxes to choose from, there are some specific waste streams, others do not need to waste classification acceptable. When re-using or filling is not possible, recycling is the best method for processing waste streams.

                                    Source: Internet

No ink is also printed, how is this going?

Regardless of printing inks are inseparable, it has become the stereotype of people, without ink printing technology will undoubtedly break this notion, if you really can be achieved, which will become a new printing technology. Information about the industry, there have been no ink printing technology, I recently checking the patent process, also found on "inkless printing equipment," the patent, so it had a strong interest.

"Inkless printing device" patent

July 27, 2011, the European Patent Office issued a number of "GB2477139 (A)" of "inkless printing device" patent, inventors of Great Britain WYRESCHRISTOPHERANTHONY, WALKERMARTINROBERT, JARVISANTHONYN, CRIDLANDJOHN. The patent inkless printing using a dry process, no toner, ink and other imaging material when printing images, but requires the use of specific substrates - the substrate on which to contain photosensitive coloring materials such as diacetylene and the like, When these light-sensitive coloring material is exposed to an appropriate energy source (such as a laser) below, it is easy to change the color. In order to print the desired image, should be allowed to direct exposure to the laser beam selectively to different areas of the substrate, so that the substrate changes from colorless to produce any hue.

As the substrate printing materials include coloring substrate layer and a photosensitive layer. Sensitive coloring layer may be incorporated into the diacetylene materials infrared (IR) spectrum / near-infrared (NIR) spectral absorption material, or material is placed in the diacetylene infrared (IR) spectrum / near-infrared (NIR) spectral absorption material above.

Inkless printer core components

The inkless printer core component of the substrate marking device, which consists of a radiation source and a control system, as shown.

Board mark means working schematic

This device comprises three printheads (i.e., the print head 1, the print head 2 and printhead 3), each print head is a radiation source for emitting radiation of different wavelengths. Wherein the print head 1 and the printing head 3 by an infrared (IR) radiation / near-infrared (NIR) radiation emitter arrays, it may also be composed of a thermal print head contact, providing a first wavelength of radiation. Thermal radiation can have a wide spectrum or restricted within a specific frequency range, heat radiation emitter suitable include, but are not limited to: infrared (IR) / near-infrared (NIR) laser, infrared (IR) / near-infrared (NIR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs), resistive or inductive heating elements. The print head 2 is composed of an ultraviolet (UV) emitter array composed of a second radiation wavelength, a suitable ultraviolet (UV) emitters include, but are not limited to: UV lasers, UV light emitting diodes (LEDs), UV light (e.g. a mercury lamp or deuterium lamp). Each print head has a separate transmitter can be individually addressed and can be individually controlled by a microprocessor via a driver amplifier.

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Global flexible packaging demand is expected to reach 2 trillion in 2016

2014, plastic packaging sales in the global food industry, rose 3 per cent to 1.9 trillion, its global sales in 2016 are expected to rise to 2 trillion.

Market research firm Euromonitor International said that in the food industry, stand-up pouches is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing plastic packaging.

Stand-up pouches is still loved by many brands form of packaging. According to Euromonitor International predicts 2014 - 2019 period, stand-up pouches annual sales will increase by 6%.

In 2014, self-released in the bag, the concern include the world's largest breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg's businesses in France launched cereals used in packaging, Heinz food company in Germany to launch a ready-meal packaging and Hulk sweet corn packaging.

"From this year's Packaging Research data, the stand-up pouches is one of the success stories," Euromonitor International Packaging Research director Rosemarie

Downey said, "stand-up pouches are sold very well, is a suitable microwaveable packaged solution that can be used for packaging ready meals, rice, pasta, biscuits, sweets, savory snacks and ice cream, yogurt and baby food and other direct consumption of disposable packaging also occupy a certain market share. stand-up pouches very wide range of applications. "

In 2015, China and India accounted for 50 percent growth in food packaging. 2014 Year in Asia-Pacific sales to rise by 5 percent, or 320 billion package.

"China and India are the driving force of the global food packaging industry," Downey adds, "the level of urbanization and increasing disposable income, coupled with the buying habits of the bulk foods to packaged foods, so that those countries, the more demand for plastic packaging be greater. "

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How much do you know about the coffee valve for coffee packaging?

Blog by Yuki

Coffee has unlimited charm to attract people's vision and taste. Why does everyone drink the bitter black coffee and not cheap it? In fact good coffee can mellow, delicate, delicious.

All coffee beans, whether through grinding, the flavor in baking after the start decreasing, so if you want to drink the freshest coffee, be sure to keep coffee beans. Save the beans by air, injuries and humidity and light, so save the beans can be a daunting task.

Coffee beans after roasting, are packed in plastic or paper bags.Fresh roasted coffee emits large amounts of CO2,this gas must be gradually released, to prevent package over-inflation and to preserve aroma, moreover beans must be protected from oxygen coming from outside. The one-way degassing valve was developed for coffee from oxygen (O2), and gives off carbon dioxide (CO2) gas.

 Coffee more than 300 years, popular in every corner of the world has become one of the three major beverages in the world, global annual consumption has reached more than 800 million tons.In the face of such a huge amount of consumption, coffee bags industry is rapidly developing,Coffee valve will be widely applied to flexible packaging.

 The one-way degassing valves are applied to each package(Kraft Bags、Aluminum foil bag、StandUp Pouches、Flat Pouches、Paper Bags and Gusseted Bags）.

More info welcome to visit www.wojinvalve.com can give you a satisfied answer.

Flexible packaging market accounting for 18% of the US into second Bulk

Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) said that as the second largest packaging, flexible packaging solutions accounted for 18% of the $ 145 billion worth of US packaging market. Lightweight flexible packaging include films and laminates, which is conducive to higher capacity transportation products, reduce the production of the raw materials required. For each brand, saving energy costs, reduce material cost is a revolutionary movement.

Flexible production rationality

In the production process, energy use 50% less flexible than rigid bottles, using 60% less plastic than rigid bottles.

In the production, the material needs of less flexible, CO2 produces less during transport, landfill takes up less space. In the production / consumption cycle of the manufacturing side, the flexible packaging is more reasonable, because it produces a negative impact than the corresponding rigid plastic bottles on the environment less. According to the FPA, it said flexible stand-up pouch packaging products Bibi metal cover glass high 35 times, 21 times higher than aluminum cans bottles.

The Sustainable Packaging is a big argument flexible packaging industry, also has yet to fully environmentally responsible development. For all consumers, recycled plastic that is the answer. CompleteRecycling.com noted that the use of recycled plastics consumption than production of new plastic containers or bottles to be at least 80%. But the recovery is only answer to environmentally conscious? It applies to flexible packaging it?

Know thyself, know yourself

In discussing these issues at the beginning, we could not help but look to the bag is not perfect.

Although the demand for bags fields are increasing, bags also increased innovation itself, but when the bag forming factors involved, the lack of adaptation of innovative problem is still very prominent. Regardless of this bag is used to hold gel washing soap, or loaded baked seasoning dried particles, liquids or cooking sauce, it's nearly the same parts.

According Flexible Packaging Association, in 2013, accounted for 58% of flexible packaging in retail and institutional food industry packaging, 12% in non-food retail packaging. Flexible packaging has a number of advantages, such as less waste, lower distribution costs, can be customized and strong.

If we pay more attention to the rigid components contained in bags, flexible packaging industry, what will happen? If the flexible packaging industry to resolve the structural problems, how will?

For now, there is no process in place formal flexible closed loop recycling system, especially for multi-barrier system materials, mosaic polyethylene (PE) layer of aluminum foil laminated body structure. Single package more easily recovered since it does not contain a central layer of aluminum foil. PE recycling process multilayer flexible packaging due to the inclusion of the step of separating each layer than conventional plastic recycling program needed more. You then need to analyze each layer to identify and recycling of plastic film are processed further to produce recycled resin. Due to a large number of flexible packaging for food packaging, food contamination became another obstacle recovered. For most flexible, since food contamination throughout the current recycling system, in fact, the proportion of packaging can be reused just small, small. Non-renewable polymer is fed into the anaerobic chamber to be burned for energy production plant emissions monitoring offer.

Forward-thinking group (such as Flexible Packaging Association) adopted a series of great initiatives, it is very concerned about sustainable packaging. FPA is working with some producers research on environmentally safe packaging. Sustainable plastics alliance, after Plastic Recyclers Association (APPR) and a flexible film recycling Group (FFRG), also strongly promote and carry out the relevant plastic film recycling public education and advocacy.

Flexible Packaging Recycling

President of the European Association of packaging and film (Pafa) BarryTuner once said, the British media distort the truth and "minimal impact on the environment of plastic bags," bags worth. In fact, the various countries and regions of plastic bags these things rhetoric, but also overly exaggerated.

Currently, the full recovery of aluminum components Enval and uses pyrolysis process plastic parts is the best solution currently being processed multilayer packaging waste, however, have not yet fully recovered solutions other plastic materials plastic parts.

By pyrolysis, char residue containing an inorganic material such as plastic formed contains 80% of liquid carbon and gaseous carbon 20% (due to lack of oxygen in the chamber, so it will not produce CO2 gas). The liquid fuel / energy demand, which carbon may be delivered to a different location. Ashes can be used as components of premix concrete and other products produced. The carbon can be used as fuel, companies often enter the mixed waste pyrolysis chamber to generate the best possible non-availability of fuel.

Bring this liquid carbon fuels into a more durable, energy efficient ways of high integrity also need to continue research.

Find more effective waste treatment process (especially in the pyrolysis) of flexible packaging and lower impact on the environment, it is a challenging task, but it is possible. With the innovative flexible packaging industry has made, such as the use of bio-based materials or waste-to-energy pyrolysis process, the cornerstone of the foundation for further development already in place.

                                               Source: China Daily

2017 British plastics industry has developed plastic packaging recovery rate of 57%

British plastics industry launched a plan to require the government to make greater efforts to complete the development of plastic packaging recovery in 2017 to 57% target.

This program, called "Plastic Industry Action Programme" called on all practitioners to make efforts to achieve the goal.

2013, England recovered 787,050 tons of plastic packaging. If the government recognized the 2013 total plastic packaging on the market for 2.49 million tons of this figure, then the recovery of the United Kingdom in 2013 was 32%.

British plastics industry has developed in 2017 57% of plastic packaging recycling targets

If not all, such as central government, local government, the waste management agency, recyclers, supporting the project to force users to fully participate in the producers and processors, implementation, and this goal will be difficult.

British organization WRAP recycling company Valpak and cooperation is estimated to be finished until 2020 to reach over 57% recovery target.

Based on this situation, the Government is currently consulting relevant agencies to study whether it should modify this liability target, reducing to 42% of the original plan, and the timetable for completion of delayed.

Meanwhile, the industry also called on practitioners to take various measures to improve the recovery of plastics, including the removal of the policy threshold set by the government to expand the scope of recyclables species, improve the quality of packaging material recycling plant.

This program is the UK WRAP Association and the "Plastics 2020 organization," the two agencies design is completed. "Plastic 2020 organization" is a special group by the European Plastics Association, the British Association of Plastic and plastic packaging film composed of the Association.

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Food packaging machine at an average growth rate of 11% to 12% growth per year

Food vacuum packaging food into the bags, taking the air bag package, after reaching a predetermined degree of vacuum, complete the sealing process. Various cooked products such as chicken, ham, sausage, grilled fish, beef jerky; pickled products such as pickled vegetables and a wide variety of fresh foods require soy, fruit and other more and more use of vacuum packaging. Vacuum-packed foods long shelf life, greatly extending the shelf life of food. Our vacuum packaging machine started in the late 1970s, only 100 kinds of product variety, to the current product varieties has reached more than 3000 kinds.

In recent years, food and vacuum packaging machine industry average annual growth rate of 11% to 12% growth, while total sales are about 10% growth in the rate of growth. In terms of market size, food vacuum packaging machine market demand may reach 230 billion yuan. Currently vacuum-packed products have been widely used in people's lives. Vacuum-packed product has many advantages, quality and freshness, corrosion and rust, the space occupied by small, easy to carry and so on. The small home vacuum packaging machine is becoming a market darling. Given the time to market for household vacuum packaging machine is not very long, not high degree of commercial food vacuum packaging machine in terms of market penetration. On the technical side, in general, China's food and packaging machinery more with a single, complete sets of small, generic models and more, to meet the special requirements, special materials, equipment less. More low-tech products, high-tech value-added, high-productivity products less; intelligent device is still in the development stage.

Chinese food vacuum packaging machine market research and prospects of Chinese industry research Posted forecast (2015-2020) said: Although China vacuum packaging machinery yet it is in the initial stages of development, but in our country there is no refrigeration skills throughout the situation, skills in the use of vacuum packaging can greatly reduce the loss of fruit thinning, grain and oil storage and transportation experience; moreover, the use of vacuum packaging is simple, easy to automate with batch disposition, lower cost, will be accounted for in the packaging industry with our fresh food Habitat increasingly important position. Information from the China Food Industry Association, the National Development and Reform Commission has food processing and food packaging machinery as a key priority in the field of industrial development, in the future a longer period of time, China's food processing and packaging machinery, the annual growth rate is expected to exceed 12% .

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