Decision to discontinue UM Paper-branded Chinese prices: pricing notice

Fastmarkets will discontinue its UM Paper-branded Chinese prices from October 1, following a strategic decision to wind down its UM Paper-branded publications.

All of Fastmarkets’ China domestic price assessments published in its PPI Asia publication and the Fastmarkets platform will continue.

The full list of UM Paper-branded prices to be discontinued can be found via the link below: https://www.fastmarkets.com/uploads/2025/07/All-UMPaper-Discontinuing-Markets-2025-1.pdf

Fastmarkets remains fully committed to delivering trusted, independent, and transparent pricing for the Chinese pulp and paper market.

Fastmarkets will continue to publish domestic Chinese market news and price assessments from its offices in China. A full list of Fastmarkets Asian pulp & paper price assessments which will continue to be published can be found via the link below: https://www.fastmarkets.com/uploads/2025/07/All-Active-Asia-Forest-Product-Markets-2025.pdf

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of these prices, please contact Shawn Wang by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Shawn Wang, re: UM-branded Chinese prices.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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