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Correction to OCC import prices from Japan to Southeast Asia, Taiwan: pricing notice

Fastmarkets has corrected its prices of recovered paper, corrugated grades, old corrugated containers, imports from Japan, cif Southeast Asia, $ per tonne, which were published incorrectly on Friday January 16 owing to a typographical error.

January 16, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Old corrugated containers Pricing notice Recovered paper

Price ID: FP-RCP-0251; price name: recovered paper, corrugated grades, old corrugated containers, imports from Japan, cif Southeast Asia, $ per tonne

Date of publication: January 16 2026

Incorrect price: $140-145

Corrected to $145-150

Date changed: January 16 2026

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.

To provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter, please contact us by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com and recoveredpaper@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “RE: Japanese OCC.”

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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