Decision to remove synthetic histories for European cartonboard, US kraft paper assessments

Synthetic date histories from January 2012 to December 2020 will be removed from the following price series:

FP-CBB-0094 Cartonboard/boxboard, folding boxboard (GC2) 270-280 g, free delivered United Kingdom, £ per tonne

FP-CBB-0098 Cartonboard/boxboard, folding boxboard (GC2) 270-280 g, free delivered France, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0099 Cartonboard/boxboard, white-lined chipboard (GD2) 300 g, free delivered France, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0100 Cartonboard/boxboard, folding boxboard (GC2) 270-280 g, free delivered Germany, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0101 Cartonboard/boxboard, white-lined chipboard (GD2) 300 g, free delivered Germany, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0102 Cartonboard/boxboard, folding boxboard (GC2) 270-280 g, free delivered Italy, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0103 Cartonboard/boxboard, white-lined chipboard (GD2) 300 g, free delivered Italy, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0104 Cartonboard/boxboard, folding boxboard (GC2) 270-280 g, free delivered Spain, € per tonne

FP-CBB-0105 Cartonboard/boxboard, white-lined chipboard (GD2) 300 g, free delivered Spain, € per tonne.

Synthetic date histories from January 2012 to May 20218 will be removed from the following price series:

FP-SKB-0017 Sack kraft, unbleached extensible multiwall, 50 lb/80 g, net, delivered US East, $ per short ton

FP-SKB-0019 Sack kraft, unbleached natural (flat) multiwall sack, 50 lb, net, delivered US East, $ per short ton.

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of these prices, contact us by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com and packaging@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “Re: Synthetic cartonboard prices.”

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