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Fastmarkets publishes FAQs to accompany proposed pulp price reset in Europe, North America

Fastmarkets has published a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to accompany its proposal to reset gross/effective list price indices and assessments in Europe and North America.

April 16, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Europe North America Pricing notice

The FAQs can be found here.

The proposal, which was originally published on April 7, envisages launching new gross price indices in Europe and effective list price assessments in North America, subject to market feedback, on June 1, 2026. The discontinuation of existing indices and assessments would take place on June 1, 2027.

To provide feedback on this proposal or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter, please send feedback by May 15, 2026, to pricing@fastmarkets.com and pulp@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Pulp index resets.”

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 the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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