COVERAGE NOTE: Change of schedule for European sack kraft paper quarterly price watch

September 19, 2019

By Steven Sachoff

Exceptionally, Fastmarkets RISI will publish its next quarterly assessment for sack kraft in Europe on October 17 instead of the originally scheduled October 10.

For comments and queries, please email pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com.

To view Fastmarkets RISI’s price publishing schedules please see here.

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