Decision to discontinue China Uncoated Woodfree prices: pricing notice

Fastmarkets will discontinue eight weekly China uncoated woodfree price assessments on Wednesday April 23.

Following a one-month consultation period which began on March 21 and received no feedback by April 18, Fastmarkets will discontinue eight China uncoated woodfree prices as these products are no longer active in the Chinese market. 

The affected prices are as follows:

FP-GP-0241 UWF, Gold Ball, 70-100g, Beijing (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0260 UWF, Gold Ball, 70-100g, Guangdong (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0277 UWF, Gold Ball, 70-100g, Jiangsu, Zhejiang & Shanghai (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0292 UWF, Gold Ball, 70-100g, Hubei (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0264 UWF, Lucky Snow, 70-100g, Guangdong (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0295 UWF, Lucky Snow, 70-100g, Hubei (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0298 UWF, Lucky Snow, 70-100g, Shaanxi (tax included), RMB/tonne

FP-GP-0281 UWF, Nevia, 70-100g, Jiangsu, Zhejiang & Shanghai (tax included), RMB/tonne

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets China – Graphic Paper package.

All short-term forecasts associated with this price (or these prices) produced by the Fastmarkets research team, if any, have also been discontinued.

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of this price, please contact Sarah Feng by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Sarah Feng, re: China Uncoated Woodfree.”

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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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