Fastmarkets welcomes your feedback on the following possible action: Expanding PIX European Recovered Paper coverage and discontinuing PPI Europe Paper for Recycling Assessments. Fastmarkets has received feedback from the market that providing similar prices for the same grades of Paper for Recycling in PPI Europe and PIX has been the source of some confusion. Fastmarkets […]

The global recovered paper (RCP) market has been quite volatile for the past couple of years. After a strong upturn in 2021, the global market for bulk grades of RCP collapsed in the second half of 2022. Most regions found their bottoms at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023, and the global […]

The recovered paper market showed some upward price movements again for the mixed grade and old corrugated containers in November, while the deinking grade had more stable development

No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage. This consultation, sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes […]

Both German sorted mixed papers and board and German corrugated paper and board saw an uptick in prices

This consultation, which is open until December 27, 2023, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency. You can […]

Mixed signals from the domestic containerboard markets in the Middle Eastern Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as price drops and increases were both reported

This development represented buyers’ efforts to keep the gap between domestic and export prices from getting too wide, but the hikes ultimately did little to narrow the gap

PfR prices rose with European buyers’ efforts to limit the gap between domestic and export prices

Fastmarkets RISI invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for North American recovered paper, via an open consultation process between Aug. 8 and Sept. 1, 2023. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.