The ball is in the sellers’ court, but time is on the buyers’ side in the Chinese pulp market

Look ahead with our senior economist Patrick Cavanagh at supply trends, demand drivers, capacity changes and risk factors in the pulp market

A review by Patrick Cavanagh as he takes a deep dive into the specific impacts of the war on wood pulp markets and revisits initial predictions

A mix of strong demand and supply side issue are propelling prices for European pulp upwards, but different stories are observed in hardwood and softwood markets

Prices rise $40-100/tonne, bleached hardwood kraft surge outpaces bleached softwood kraft

Rising demand drives price hike as low-stock mills seek volume

Supply disruptions and pulp shortages are influencing rising prices

Constant shipping delays disrupt Chinese pulp market supply

Fastmarkets, the industry-leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), is delighted to announce the successful completion of an external assurance review of its NBSK CIF China assessment. This milestone confirms its alignment to the standards defined by the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) within the Principles for Oil Price Reporting Agencies.

With China’s pulp import market remaining at a standstill and the bleached softwood kraft (BSK) pulp futures market continuing to slump, prices for the two newly-launched China pulp futures contracts on Oslo-based Norexeco dipped slightly at the front end.