Fastmarkets to launch four price assessments for tissue jumbo rolls in Europe

The four assessments will cover continental Europe and the UK, for tissue jumbo rolls made from wood pulp and recycled pulp in a basis weight range of 14.5-18.0g per square meter.

The decision follows a one-month consultation period that ended on Saturday May 16.

The proposed specifications are as follows:

FP-TS-0009 Tissue, wood pulp jumbo rolls for toilet tissue, 15-18 g per square meter, ex-works Europe, € per tonne

Quantity: Minimum 10 tonnes

Incoterm: ex-works

Location: Continental Europe

Specification: Prices are for tonnage considering regular reels with a width between 2.6 m and 2.8 m, and diameter between 1.5 m and 2.2 m.

Unit & currency: euro per tonne

Delivery period: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.

Data window: Month up to publication.

Frequency: Monthly. Usually on the Thursday of the last full week of the month.

Notes: Furnish – 100% wood pulp

Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms, including taxes.

FP-TS-0010 Tissue, wood pulp jumbo rolls for toilet tissue, 14.5-18 g per square meter, cif UK, $ per tonne

Quantity: Minimum 10 tonnes

Incoterm: CIF

Location: UK

Specification: Prices are for tonnage considering regular reels with a width between 2.56 m and 2.80 m, and diameter between 1.3 m and 2.2 m.

Unit & currency: US dollar per tonne

Delivery period: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.

Data window: Month up to publication.

Frequency: Monthly. Usually on the Thursday of the last full week of the month.

Notes: Furnish – 100% wood pulp.

Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms, excluding taxes.

FP-TS-0011 Tissue, recycled jumbo rolls for toilet tissue, 15.5-17.5 g per square meter, ex-works Europe, € per tonne

Quantity: Minimum 10 tonnes

Incoterm: ex-works

Location: Continental Europe

Specification: Prices are for tonnage considering regular reels with a width between 2.2 m and 2.8 m, and diameter between 1.5 m and 2.2 m.

Unit & currency: Euro per tonne

Delivery period: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.

Data window: Month up to publication.

Frequency: Monthly. Usually on the Thursday of the last full week of the month.

Notes: Furnish – 100% recovered paper.

Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms, including taxes.

FP-TS-0012 Tissue, recycled jumbo rolls for toilet tissue, 15.5-17.5 g per square meter, cif UK, $ per tonne

Quantity: Minimum 10 tonnes

Incoterm: CIF

Location: UK

Specification: Prices are for tonnage considering regular reels with a width between 2.2 m and 2.8 m, and diameter between 1.5 m and 2.2 m.

Unit & currency: US dollar per tonne

Delivery period: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.

Data window: Month up to publication.

Frequency: Monthly. Usually on the Thursday of the last full week of the month.

Notes: Furnish – 100% recovered paper.

Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms, including taxes.

These prices will be part of the Fastmarkets tissue package.

Please send any questions or comment to  pricing@fastmarkets.com and tissue@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Europe tissue jumbo roll prices.”

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