Fastmarkets proposes change to PIX Pulp China BHKP Net weighting table

Fastmarkets proposes to increase the highest tier on its seller side weighting table for its FP-PLP-0033 PIX Pulp China BHKP Net assessment to “over 2,000,000 tonnes per year” from the earlier “over 1,600,000 tonnes per year.”

Fastmarkets has received market feedback that the highest tier on the table is too low, considering recent increased production capacities and market shares.

The proposed change would be as follows:

The price subject to this change is:

FP-PLP-0033 PIX Pulp China BHKP Net

You can find the current methodology for PIX Pulp China here.

The original annual methodology review pricing notice was published on February 4, 2026, which you can view here, and a final decision was published on March 16, 2026.

Please send any questions or comments by April 15, 2026, to pricing@fastmarkets.com and pulp@fastmarkets.com. Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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