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Now, in addition, Fastmarkets will extend the consultation for one month to Oct. 6 to consider one addition in the description of the new price line. Fastmarkets proposes the new grocery sack price line be for 50-lb to the 70-lb.
Description: Unbleached Grocery Bag, Heavyweight, 50-/70-lb, net priceQuality: 50-lb to 70-lbQuantity: 1,000-10,000 tons/yrBasis weight: 50-lb to 70-lbLocation: US EastIncoterm: DeliveredTiming: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.Unit: Short tonCurrency: US dollarPayment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.Price Type: Net price. Open-market transactions in ongoing supply relationships.Assessment Type: Range price assessment.Publication: Monthly. Usually at 4.30 pm Eastern time on the 3rd Friday of the month. See full schedule online.Notes: Price assessments reflect prices after discounts. Prices are for prime-quality tonnage. Contains primarily virgin fiber. US East = East of the Rocky Mountains.
Additionally, Fastmarkets is considering a description change for its 30-lb lightweight unbleached grocery bag kraft paper. This change would be in name only. The change would be from 30-lb lightweight unbleached grocery bag paper to 30-lb lightweight unbleached converting bag paper. A new product grade for Converting Bag will be established by Fastmarkets. Price collection for the 30-lb will remain as is, in surveying buyers and sellers of the lightweight unbleached paper for end-uses such as quick service restaurants, mailers, grocery, and void fill.
Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following address: pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com. Please add the respective subject heading “North American Unbleached Kraft Paper 50-/70-lb, 30-lb Pricing.”
Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.
For more information on Fastmarkets’ methodology for North American packaging paper and board, including the new assessment, please see here.
To see all Fastmarkets pricing notices, please see here.
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