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The price of Brazil Unbleached extensible, Sack Kraft,78-85 g for June was incorrectly published as BRL2,600 – 2,800 June 26. The correct price should have been BRL2,700 – 2,800, unchanged from the previous month. These prices have now been corrected online. For comments or queries please contact pricing@risi.com
In response to company-specific provisional countervailing and anti-dumping tariffs announced by the US government that resulted in a wide range in price levels for US Newsprint, RISI sought industry comments and feedback on the merits of a possible change from reporting a point price for US newsprint to reporting a price range. Having reviewed this […]
COVERAGE NOTE: PPI Pulp & Paper Week’s May preliminary market pulp Price Watch will not be published on Friday, May 11, due to International Pulp Week. Instead it will be published on Friday, May 18. Bryan Smith is RISI’s Deputy Editor of Global Pulp. He is at Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanSmithRISI
To streamline price assessment data packages, RISI is proposing to retire the following duplicate price series with effect from Jan. 1, 2019. Mexico Kraftliner from US, 42 lb (Price ID 1148) Bleached Hardwood Kraft, Brazilian Eucalyptus, Europe, CIF (Price ID 1246) Bleached Hardwood Kraft, Brazilian Eucalyptus, China, CIF (Price ID 1247) Bleached Softwood Kraft, Chilean […]
In light of China’s ban on imports of “unsorted” recyclables such as mixed paper that began on Dec. 31st 2017, and following industry consultation, RISI has now implemented the following changes to its recovered paper coverage: PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Change the destination title of US Mixed Paper FAS US ports from China to […]
BEDFORD, MA, Feb. 28, 2018 (PPI Global) – In light of China’s ban on imports of “unsorted” recyclables such as mixed paper that began on Dec. 31st 2017, and following industry consultation, RISI will make the following changes to its recovered paper coverage: PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Change the destination title of US Mixed Paper […]
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RISI has been a leading provider of insight to the forest products industry for many decades, and is well known for its analysis, news and conferences.
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Random Lengths, still the most widely circulated and respected source of information for the wood products industry, continues to provide unbiased, consistent, and timely reports of market activity and prices, related trends, issues, and analyses. The company’s focus has traditionally been on North American markets, but as international trade in wood products has increased, we have expanded our coverage to prices and developments in overseas supplying regions. We also strive to deliver information to our customers in a timely and economical manner, utilizing modern technology. Learn more here.
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