Irregular publishing of China containerboard prices in December 2026, January 2027: pricing notice

Fastmarkets will publish the following eight China containerboard price assessments on Thursday December 31, 2026 at 2pm Beijing time due to the New Year’s Day holiday on Friday January 1, 2027.

The affected assessments are:

  • FP-CTB-0219 Containerboard, kraft-top liner, 170-230 g/square meter, ddp South China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0221 Containerboard, white-top liner, 140 g/square meter, ddp South China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0218 Containerboard, testliner, 130-140 g/square meter, ddp South China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0220 Containerboard, high-strength corrugating medium, 120 g/square meter, ddp South China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0094 Containerboard, kraft-top liner, 170 g/square meter, ddp East China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0097 Containerboard, white-top liner, 140 g/square meter, ddp East China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0095 Containerboard, testliner, 140 g/square meter, ddp East China, yuan/tonne
  • FP-CTB-0096 Containerboard, high-strength corrugating medium, 120 g/square meter, ddp East China, yuan/tonne

Fastmarkets’ pricing holiday calendar has been updated to reflect these changes.

For more information, or to provide feedback on the publication schedule, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets and paperpackaging@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Publication schedule of China containerboard prices.”

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

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