COVERAGE NOTE: Changes to East Asia pulp price publishing schedule in January

January 3, 2020

Please note that there has been a slight change to the price publishing schedule for East Asia pulp in January 2020.

The East Asia December pulp price assessments will now be published on January 10, rather than January 3 as stated in the original schedule.

For comments and queries, please email pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com.

To view Fastmarkets RISI’s price publishing schedules please see here.

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