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Final decision on open consultation on methodology review for North America Recovered Paper: pricing notice

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for North America Recovered Paper, via an open consultation process between August 8 and September 5, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

October 10, 2025
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Pricing notice Recovered paper

Fastmarkets would like to thank those who took the time to respond to the consultation, and no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.

This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

You can find the current methodology for North America Recovered Paper here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/north-america-recovered-paper/

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology

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