Proposal to launch Mexico domestic CRB and import SBS boxboard from the US assessments

Fastmarkets proposes to launch Mexico domestic CRB and import SBS boxboard from the US assessments.

Fastmarkets proposes to launch two price assessments for (1) Cartonboard/Boxboard, coated recycled folding boxboard, domestic CRB kraft/grey back, 320-325 g/m2 or 16-pt, delivered, Mexico, Peso/tonne and (2) for Cartonboard/Boxboard, US export solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) 16-pt folding carton, C1S, fob, Laredo, TX, $/tonne.

The Mexico domestic kraft/grey back CRB price line and US export SBS folding carton grade price line will be reported in PPI Pulp & Paper Week on the third Friday of the month and will be reported the following Tuesday in PPI Latin America. The price lines are intended to be started in January 2025 – so that the pricing in P&PW would first be on Jan. 17 and would be published in PPI Latin America on Jan. 21.

The Mexico delivered domestic market CRB kraft/grey back price line, per $ per tonne, and the US Export Solid Bleached Sulfate Board (SBS) 16-pt Folding Carton, C1S (FOB), $ per tonne, will be added to the current North America Boxboard and Latin American Boxboard prices.

The specifications of the new price assessments will be as follows:

Boxboard Mexico

Cartonboard/Boxboard, coated recycled folding boxboard, domestic CRB kraft/grey back, 320-325 g/m2 or 16-pt, delivered, Mexico, Peso/tonne

• Quantity: 100-150 tonnes
• Location: Mexico
• Incoterm: Delivered Mexico City, Monterrey areas
• Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.
• Unit: Tonne
• Currency: Mexican Peso
• Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.
• Price type: Delivered. Includes open-market transactions in ongoing supply relationships. Excludes transactions between affiliates and transactions indexed to a published price.
• Publication: Monthly, usually in the third week of the month.
• Assessment Type: Range price assessment
• Notes: Price assessments reflect the range in which the bulk of transactions took place. Prices are for prime-quality tonnage with normal trims. Coated in one side.
• Furnish: Recycled fiber

Export US SBS

Cartonboard/Boxboard, US export solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) 16-pt folding carton, C1S, fob, Laredo, TX, $/tonne

• Quality: Prices are for prime-quality tonnage with normal trims. Coated on one side.
• Quantity: 500-10,000 tonnes/year
• Location: United States, Laredo, TX, border crossing
• Incoterm: Free on Board
• Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.
• Unit: Metric tonne
• Currency: US Dollar
• Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.
• Price Type: Open-market transactions in ongoing supply relationships.
• Assessment Type: Range price assessment
• Publication: Monthly. Usually at 4.30pm Eastern time on the 3rd Friday of the month. See full schedule online.
• Notes: Price assessments reflect prices before discounts.

These prices will be a part of the Fastmarkets Paper Packaging package.

The consultation period for this proposed launch starts on Friday November 8 and will end on Friday December 13. The launch will take place, subject to market feedback, on Friday January 24 and Tuesday January 28, 2025.

To provide feedback on these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Nola Valente and or Sandy Oliveira by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: [Nola Valente, Sandy Oliveira], re: Mexico domestic and US export boxboard prices.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/.